Mark Edward Lewis
Biographic Data
| ID | 3830129 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark Edward Lewis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark Edward |
| FAMILY NAME | Lewis |
| SIGNATURE | LEWIS M E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stanford University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8428-9547 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 25 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Self and Body in Early East Asian Thought
This Element examines evolving methods of cultivating the embodied self, including healing diseases and creating a superior person, in late Warring States and early imperial East Asia. It analyses many topics, including the textualization of bodily regimens and therapies, their systematization, their dissemination among different (and sometimes rival) social groups, and the diversity of traditions – religious, pharmacological, nourishing of life …
Violence and the Rise of Centralized States in East Asia
Violence, both physical and nonphysical, is central to any society, but it is a version of the problem that it claims to solve. This Element examines how states in ancient East Asia, from the late Shang through the end of the Han dynasty, wielded violence to create and display authority, and also how their licit violence was entangled in the 'savage' or 'criminal' violence whose suppression justified their power. The East Asian cases are suppleme…
Honor and Shame in Early China
In this major new study, Mark Edward Lewis traces how the changing language of honor and shame helped to articulate and justify transformations in Chinese society between the Warring States and the end of the Han dynasty. Through careful examination of a wide variety of texts, he demonstrates how honor-shame discourse justified the actions of diverse and potentially rival groups. Over centuries, the formally recognized political order came to be …
Sarah Allan, Buried Ideas
Buried Ideas is a major contribution to the study of early China, and of ancient civilizations in general. It analyzes four important, recently discovered texts that in some manner deal with the idea that the position of the ruler should be transferred by voluntary abdication from one sage to another. In addition to analyzing in detail the arguments of these texts and their relations to the received tradition, it also provides a useful introducto…
Early imperial China, from the Qin and Han through Tang
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The Flood Myths of Early China
The Construction of Space in Early China
China between Empires
After the collapse of the Han dynasty, China divided along a north-south line. Lewis traces the changes that underlay and resulted from this split in a period that saw China's geographic redefinition, more engagement with the outside world, significant changes to family life, literary and social developments, and the introduction of new religions.
Historiography and Empire
The creation of a unified empire by the state of Qin in 221 bc transformed the Chinese world, bringing the entire cultural sphere under a single dynasty for the first time. This chapter examines three major forms in which the unification was articulated. First, it analyzes the First Emperor's sponsoring the carving on the peaks of his newly conquered realm stone inscriptions that proclaimed a new epoch that ended the constant warfare of the prece…
The Early Chinese Empires
The Rise of the Chinese Empire. Volume 1
"The Rise of the Chinese Empire. Volume 1: Nation, State, and Imperialism in Early China, ca. 1600 B.C.-A.D. 8; Volume 2: Frontier, Immigration, and Empire in Han China, 130 B.C.-A.D. 157" published on 01 Jan 2008 by Brill
Death in Ancient China. The Tale of One Man's Journey
Writing the World in the Family Instructions of the Yan Clan
Flood Myths of Early China, The
Construction of Space in Early China, The
The flood myths of early China
This book demonstrates how early Chinese stories of the re-creation of the world from a watery chaos provided principles underlying such fundamental units as the state, lineage, the married couple, and even the human body. These myths also supplied a charter for the major political and social institutions of Warring States (481-221 BC) and early imperial (220 BC-AD 220) China." "In some versions of the tales, the flood was triggered by rebellion,…
Writing and Authority in Early China
Writing and authority in early China
This book traces the evolving uses of writing to command assent and obedience in early China, an evolution that culminated in the establishment of a textual canon as the foundation of imperial authority. Its central theme is the emergence of this body of writings as the textual double of the state, and of the text-based sage as the double of the ruler. The book examines the full range of writings employed in early China, such as divinatory record…
Warring States Political History
The two and a half centuries commonly known as the age of the Warring States (481–221 B.C.) witnessed the creation of the major political institutions that defined early imperial China. The old league of cities ruled by the Zhou nobility was replaced by a system of territorial states built around unchallenged monarchs who commanded a large number of dependent officials. These in turn were employed to register and mobilize the individual peasant h…
Ritual Origins of Warring States
Lewis Mark Edward. Ritual Origins of Warring States. In: Bulletin de l'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient. Tome 84, 1997. pp. 73-98
The Huainanzi
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The Rulerships of China
Sanctioned Violence in Early China
Sanctioned Violence in Early China
Sanctioned violence in early China
Ritual Origins of Warring States
Lewis Mark Edward. Ritual Origins of Warring States. In: Bulletin de l'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient. Tome 84, 1997. pp. 73-98
Sanctioned violence in early China
The Rulerships of China
Sanctioned Violence in Early China
Sanctioned Violence in Early China
The Huainanzi
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Ritual Origins of Warring States
Lewis Mark Edward. Ritual Origins of Warring States. In: Bulletin de l'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient. Tome 84, 1997. pp. 73-98
Writing and authority in early China
This book traces the evolving uses of writing to command assent and obedience in early China, an evolution that culminated in the establishment of a textual canon as the foundation of imperial authority. Its central theme is the emergence of this body of writings as the textual double of the state, and of the text-based sage as the double of the ruler. The book examines the full range of writings employed in early China, such as divinatory record…
Warring States Political History
The two and a half centuries commonly known as the age of the Warring States (481–221 B.C.) witnessed the creation of the major political institutions that defined early imperial China. The old league of cities ruled by the Zhou nobility was replaced by a system of territorial states built around unchallenged monarchs who commanded a large number of dependent officials. These in turn were employed to register and mobilize the individual peasant h…
Writing and Authority in Early China
Flood Myths of Early China, The
Construction of Space in Early China, The
The flood myths of early China
This book demonstrates how early Chinese stories of the re-creation of the world from a watery chaos provided principles underlying such fundamental units as the state, lineage, the married couple, and even the human body. These myths also supplied a charter for the major political and social institutions of Warring States (481-221 BC) and early imperial (220 BC-AD 220) China." "In some versions of the tales, the flood was triggered by rebellion,…
Writing the World in the Family Instructions of the Yan Clan
The Rise of the Chinese Empire. Volume 1
"The Rise of the Chinese Empire. Volume 1: Nation, State, and Imperialism in Early China, ca. 1600 B.C.-A.D. 8; Volume 2: Frontier, Immigration, and Empire in Han China, 130 B.C.-A.D. 157" published on 01 Jan 2008 by Brill
Death in Ancient China. The Tale of One Man's Journey
The Early Chinese Empires
China between Empires
After the collapse of the Han dynasty, China divided along a north-south line. Lewis traces the changes that underlay and resulted from this split in a period that saw China's geographic redefinition, more engagement with the outside world, significant changes to family life, literary and social developments, and the introduction of new religions.
Historiography and Empire
The creation of a unified empire by the state of Qin in 221 bc transformed the Chinese world, bringing the entire cultural sphere under a single dynasty for the first time. This chapter examines three major forms in which the unification was articulated. First, it analyzes the First Emperor's sponsoring the carving on the peaks of his newly conquered realm stone inscriptions that proclaimed a new epoch that ended the constant warfare of the prece…
The Flood Myths of Early China
The Construction of Space in Early China
Early imperial China, from the Qin and Han through Tang
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Sarah Allan, Buried Ideas
Buried Ideas is a major contribution to the study of early China, and of ancient civilizations in general. It analyzes four important, recently discovered texts that in some manner deal with the idea that the position of the ruler should be transferred by voluntary abdication from one sage to another. In addition to analyzing in detail the arguments of these texts and their relations to the received tradition, it also provides a useful introducto…
Honor and Shame in Early China
In this major new study, Mark Edward Lewis traces how the changing language of honor and shame helped to articulate and justify transformations in Chinese society between the Warring States and the end of the Han dynasty. Through careful examination of a wide variety of texts, he demonstrates how honor-shame discourse justified the actions of diverse and potentially rival groups. Over centuries, the formally recognized political order came to be …
Violence and the Rise of Centralized States in East Asia
Violence, both physical and nonphysical, is central to any society, but it is a version of the problem that it claims to solve. This Element examines how states in ancient East Asia, from the late Shang through the end of the Han dynasty, wielded violence to create and display authority, and also how their licit violence was entangled in the 'savage' or 'criminal' violence whose suppression justified their power. The East Asian cases are suppleme…
Self and Body in Early East Asian Thought
This Element examines evolving methods of cultivating the embodied self, including healing diseases and creating a superior person, in late Warring States and early imperial East Asia. It analyses many topics, including the textualization of bodily regimens and therapies, their systematization, their dissemination among different (and sometimes rival) social groups, and the diversity of traditions – religious, pharmacological, nourishing of life …
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