THE CONSTRUCTION OF SPACE IN EARLY CHINA -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- UNITS OF SPATIAL ORDER -- THE EMPIRE AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF SPACE -- 1. THE HUMAN BODY -- DISCOVERY OF THE BODY IN THE FOURTH CENTURY b .c . -- THE COMPOSITE BODY -- INTERFACES OF THE BODY -- CONCLUSION -- 2. THE HOUSEHOLD -- HOUSEHOLDS AS POLITICAL UNITS -- HOUSEHOLDS AS RESIDENTIAL UNITS -- HOUSEHOLDS AS UNITS OF LARGER NETWORKS -- THE HOUSEHOLD DIVIDED -- HOUSEHOLD AND TOMB -- CONCLUSION -- 3. CITIES AND CAPITALS -- THE WORLD OF THE CITY-STATES -- CITIES OF THE WARRING STATES AND EARLY EMPIRES -- INVENTION OF THE IMPERIAL CAPITAL -- CONCLUSION -- 4. REGIONS AND CUSTOMS -- THE WARRING STATES PHILOSOPHICAL CRITIQUE OF CUSTOM -- CUSTOM AND REGION -- REGIONS AND THE GREAT FAMILIES -- REGIONAL AND LOCAL CUL -- RHAPSODIES ON REGIONS -- CONCLUSION -- 5. WORLD AND COSMOS -- GRIDS AND MAGIC SQUARES -- THE BRIGHT HALL AND RULER-CENTERED MODELS -- MIRRORS, DIVINER'S BOARDS, AND OTHER COSMIC CHARTS -- MOUNTAINS AND WORLD MODELS -- CONCLUSION -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- CHAPTER FOUR -- CHAPTER FIVE -- CONCLUSION -- WORKS CITED -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.