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Explores how the flood myths of early China provided a template for that society's major social and political institutions.

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This is a superb example of the best of contemporary studies of early China. Every page in every chapter of this book is a feast. The scholarship is impeccable, the sense of order deft, and the narrative argument compelling.

"""This is a well-documented study of the Chinese flood myths that came to be written down during the Warring States and especially the Han period … For anyone who has a serious interest in Chinese flood myths per se, this is the best place to begin."" — History of Religions ""…distinctive in being the first English language, Western monograph providing a comprehensive study of Han flood myths."" — Journal of Folklore Research ""This is a superb example of the best of contemporary studies of early China. Every page in every chapter of this book is a feast. The scholarship is impeccable, the sense of order deft, and the narrative argument compelling."" — John H. Berthrong, author of Concerning Creativity: A Comparison of Chu Hsi, Whitehead, and Neville"

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Mark Edward Lewis is Kwoh-ting Li Professor of Chinese Culture at Stanford University and the author of Writing and Authority in Early China and The Construction of Space in Early China, both published by SUNY Press.

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