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

• Acknowledgments Introduction Units of Spatial OrderThe Empire and the Reconstruction of Space 1. The Human Body Discovery of the Body in the Fourth Century b.c.The Composite BodyInterfaces of the BodyConclusion 2. The Household Households as Political UnitsHouseholds as Residential UnitsHouseholds as Units of Larger NetworksThe Household DividedHousehold and TombConclusion 3. Cities and Capitals The World of the City-StatesCities of the Warring States and Early EmpiresInvention of the Imperial CapitalConclusion 4. Regions and Customs The Warring States Philosophical Critique of CustomCustom and RegionRegions and the Great FamiliesRegional and Local CultsRhapsodies on RegionsConclusion 5. World and Cosmos Grids and Magic SquaresThe Bright Hall and Ruler-Centered ModelsMirrors, Diviner’s Boards, and Other Cosmic ChartsMountains and World ModelsConclusion Conclusion NotesWorks CitedIndex

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

• Acknowledgments Introduction Units of Spatial OrderThe Empire and the Reconstruction of Space 1. The Human Body Discovery of the Body in the Fourth Century b.c.The Composite BodyInterfaces of the BodyConclusion 2. The Household Households as Political UnitsHouseholds as Residential UnitsHouseholds as Units of Larger NetworksThe Household DividedHousehold and TombConclusion 3. Cities and Capitals The World of the City-StatesCities of the Warring States and Early EmpiresInvention of the Imperial CapitalConclusion 4. Regions and Customs The Warring States Philosophical Critique of CustomCustom and RegionRegions and the Great FamiliesRegional and Local CultsRhapsodies on RegionsConclusion 5. World and Cosmos Grids and Magic SquaresThe Bright Hall and Ruler-Centered ModelsMirrors, Diviner’s Boards, and Other Cosmic ChartsMountains and World ModelsConclusion Conclusion NotesWorks CitedIndex

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

• Acknowledgments Introduction Units of Spatial OrderThe Empire and the Reconstruction of Space 1. The Human Body Discovery of the Body in the Fourth Century b.c.The Composite BodyInterfaces of the BodyConclusion 2. The Household Households as Political UnitsHouseholds as Residential UnitsHouseholds as Units of Larger NetworksThe Household DividedHousehold and TombConclusion 3. Cities and Capitals The World of the City-StatesCities of the Warring States and Early EmpiresInvention of the Imperial CapitalConclusion 4. Regions and Customs The Warring States Philosophical Critique of CustomCustom and RegionRegions and the Great FamiliesRegional and Local CultsRhapsodies on RegionsConclusion 5. World and Cosmos Grids and Magic SquaresThe Bright Hall and Ruler-Centered ModelsMirrors, Diviner’s Boards, and Other Cosmic ChartsMountains and World ModelsConclusion Conclusion NotesWorks CitedIndex