This ambitious work provides a systematic study of Chinese theories of reading and writing in intellectual thought and critical practice. The author maintains t

In this innovative work, Ming Dong Gu examines Chinese literature and traditional Chinese criticism to construct a distinctly Chinese theory of fiction and plac

This book takes up one of the most important themes in Chinese thought: the relation of pleasurable activities to bodily health and to the health of the body po

This book explores the challenges of translating Chinese works, particularly premodern ones, for a contemporary Western readership. Reacting against the "cultur

China is a rising economic and political power. But what is the message of this rise? Tongdong Bai addresses this increasingly pressing question by examining th