Mark Edward Lewis is Kwoh-ting Li Professor of Chinese Culture at Stanford University
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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INTRODUCTION
1
(20)
Comparative Flood Myths
1
(15)
Chinese Flood Myths
16
(5)
CHAPTER ONE FLOOD TAMING AND COSMOGONY
21
(28)
Cosmogonies and Social Divisions
21
(7)
Social Divisions and the Flood
28
(5)
The Flood and the Human—Animal Divide
33
(5)
The Flood and Human Nature
38
(5)
The Flood and Local Cultures
43
(4)
Conclusion
47
(2)
CHAPTER TWO FLOOD TAMING AND CRIMINALITY
49
(30)
Criminality and the Collapse of Social Divisions
50
(5)
Gong Gong as a Criminal
55
(5)
Gun as a Criminal
60
(4)
Criminality and Flood in the Shan hai jing
64
(8)
Criminality, Floods, and the Exile of Sons
72
(4)
Conclusion
76
(3)
CHAPTER THREE FLOOD TAMING AND LINEAGES
79
(30)
The Sages as Bad Fathers and Sons
79
(6)
The Demon Child
85
(14)
Fathers, Sons, and the Collapse of Social Divisions
99
(7)
Conclusion
106
(3)
CHAPTER FOUR FLOOD TAMING, COUPLES, AND THE BODY
109
(38)
The Mythology of Nü Gua and the Flood
110
(6)
The Mythology of Nü Gua and Fu Xi
116
(9)
The Iconography of Nü Gua and Fu Xi
125
(9)
Yu, Marriage, and the Body
134
(9)
Conclusion
143
(4)
CONCLUSION
147
(6)
NOTES
153
(56)
WORKS CITED
209
(22)
INDEX
231
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