Paul R. Goldin, (Ph.D., Harvard University, 1996), is Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including The Art of Chinese Philosophy (2020), Confucianism (2011), After Confucius (2005), The Culture of Sex in Ancient China (2001), and Rituals of the Way: The Philosophy of Xunzi (1999).Elisa Levi Sabattini (Ph.D. Ca’ Foscari University at Venice and INALCO at Paris 2006), was Associate Professor of Chinese Philology at L’Orientale University of Naples. She is currently Senior Research Associate at Ruhr Universität Bochum. Her research focuses on intellectual history, Chinese thought and aesthetic practice of Early China. She is author of several articles and book chapters, both in English and Italian, published for international peer-reviewed journals. She is co-editor together with Paul R. Goldin of Lu Jia's New Discourses: A Political Manifesto from the Early Han Dynasty (Brill, 2020).

Paul R. Goldin, (Ph.D., Harvard University, 1996), is Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including The Art of Chinese Philosophy (2020), Confucianism (2011), After Confucius (2005), The Culture of Sex in Ancient China (2001), and Rituals of the Way: The Philosophy of Xunzi (1999).Elisa Levi Sabattini (Ph.D. Ca’ Foscari University at Venice and INALCO at Paris 2006), was Associate Professor of Chinese Philology at L’Orientale University of Naples. She is currently Senior Research Associate at Ruhr Universität Bochum. Her research focuses on intellectual history, Chinese thought and aesthetic practice of Early China. She is author of several articles and book chapters, both in English and Italian, published for international peer-reviewed journals. She is co-editor together with Paul R. Goldin of Lu Jia's New Discourses: A Political Manifesto from the Early Han Dynasty (Brill, 2020).

Paul R. Goldin, (Ph.D., Harvard University, 1996), is Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including The Art of Chinese Philosophy (2020), Confucianism (2011), After Confucius (2005), The Culture of Sex in Ancient China (2001), and Rituals of the Way: The Philosophy of Xunzi (1999).Elisa Levi Sabattini (Ph.D. Ca’ Foscari University at Venice and INALCO at Paris 2006), was Associate Professor of Chinese Philology at L’Orientale University of Naples. She is currently Senior Research Associate at Ruhr Universität Bochum. Her research focuses on intellectual history, Chinese thought and aesthetic practice of Early China. She is author of several articles and book chapters, both in English and Italian, published for international peer-reviewed journals. She is co-editor together with Paul R. Goldin of Lu Jia's New Discourses: A Political Manifesto from the Early Han Dynasty (Brill, 2020).