The Wenzi - Creativity and Intertextuality in Early Chinese Philosophy

In this study of the Wenzi, Paul van Els analyzes a controversial Chinese philosophical text, shedding light on text production and reception in Chinese history, with its changing views on authorship, originality, authenticity, and forgery, both past and present.

About the author

Paul van Els, Ph.D. (2006), is University Lecturer of China Studies at Leiden University. He authored Van orakelbot tot weblog, a two-volume textbook of Classical Chinese (Leiden University Press, 2011, 2015), and he co-edited, with Sarah A. Queen, Between History and Philosophy: Anecdotes in Early China (State University of New York Press, 2017).

Product details

• Authors: Paul van Els
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.03.2018
• EAN: 9789004264793
• ISBN: 978-90-04-26479-3
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 284 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 493 g
• Series: Studies in the History of Chin
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Other world religions