The Construction Of Space In Early China (S U N Y Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture)

This Book Examines The Formation Of The Chinese Empire Through Its Reorganization And Reinterpretation Of Its Basic Spatial Units The Human Body, The Household, The City, The Region, And The World. The Central Theme Of The Book Is The Way All These Forms Of Ordered Space Were Reshaped By The Project Of Unification And How, At The Same Time, That Unification Was Constrained And Limited By The Necessary Survival Of The Units On Which It Was Based. Consequently, As Mark Edward Lewis Shows, Each Level Of Spatial Organization Could Achieve Order And Meaning Only Within An Encompassing, Superior Whole: The Body Within The Household, The Household Within The Lineage And State, The City Within The Region, And The Region Within The World Empire, While Each Level Still Contained Within Itself The Smaller Units From Which It Was Formed. The Unity That Was The Empire's Highest Goal Avoided Collapse Back Into The Original Chaos Of Nondistinction Only By Preserving Within Itself The Very Divisions On The Basis Of Family Or Region That It Claimed To Transcend.--jacket. Ch. 1. The Human Body -- Ch. 2. The Household -- Ch. 3. Cities And Capitals -- Ch. 4. Regions And Customs -- Ch. 5. World And Cosmos. Mark Edward Lewis. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 431-470) And Index. THE CONSTRUCTIONOF SPACE IN EARLY CHINA......Page 4 CONTENTS......Page 6 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 8 UNITS OF SPATIAL ORDER......Page 10 THE EMPIRE AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF SPACE......Page 14 DISCOVERY OF THE BODY IN THE FOURTH CENTURY b .c .......Page 22 THE COMPOSITE BODY......Page 45 INTERFACES OF THE BODY......Page 70 CONCLUSION......Page 82 2. THE HOUSEHOLD......Page 86 HOUSEHOLDS AS POLITICAL UNITS......Page 87 HOUSEHOLDS AS RESIDENTIAL UNITS......Page 96 HOUSEHOLDS AS UNITS OF LARGER NETWORKS......Page 102 THE HOUSEHOLD DIVIDED......Page 113 HOUSEHOLD AND TOMB......Page 128 CONCLUSION......Page 139 THE WORLD OF THE CITY-STATES......Page 144 CITIES OF THE WARRING STATES AND EARLY EMPIRES......Page 159 INVENTION OF THE IMPERIAL CAPITAL......Page 178 CONCLUSION......Page 195 4. REGIONS AND CUSTOMS......Page 198 THE WARRING STATES PHILOSOPHICAL CRITIQUE OF CUSTOM......Page 201 CUSTOM AND REGION......Page 211 REGIONS AND THE GREAT FAMILIES......Page 221 REGIONAL AND LOCAL CUL......Page 238 RHAPSODIES ON REGIONS......Page 243 CONCLUSION......Page 252 5. WORLD AND COSMOS......Page 254 GRIDS AND MAGIC SQUARES......Page 256 THE BRIGHT HALL AND RULER-CENTERED MODELS......Page 269 MIRRORS, DIVINER’S BOARDS, AND OTHER COSMIC CHARTS......Page 282 MOUNTAINS AND WORLD MODELS......Page 293 CONCLUSION......Page 312 CONCLUSION......Page 316 INTRODUCTION......Page 320 CHAPTER ONE......Page 322 CHAPTER TWO......Page 351 CHAPTER THREE......Page 381 CHAPTER FOUR......Page 399 CHAPTER FIVE......Page 417 CONCLUSION......Page 439 WORKS CITED......Page 440 A......Page 480 B......Page 481 C......Page 482 D......Page 485 F......Page 487 G......Page 488 H......Page 490 I......Page 491 L......Page 492 M......Page 494 O......Page 496 P......Page 497 R......Page 498 S......Page 500 T......Page 502 W......Page 503 X......Page 504 Y......Page 505 Z......Page 506 The smallest unit through which the early Chinese ordered their world was the body, including its physical and mental aspects.