Sheds new light on the relationship between myth and history in ancient China and the central role they have played in shaping early Chinese thought.
Constance A. Cook is Professor of Chinese at Lehigh University; Christopher J. Foster is an independent scholar; and Susan Blader is Associate Professor Emerita of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures at Dartmouth College. Together they are also the coeditors of Bone, Bronze, and Bamboo: Unearthing Early China with Sarah Allan and Metaphor and Meaning: Thinking through Early China with Sarah Allan, both published by SUNY Press.