Paolo Santangelo is Professor of East Asian History at Rome “Sapienza” University. He has published extensively on the social and anthropological history of pre-modern and modern China and is editor of the Journal MING QING yanjiu.

'Santangelo has succeeded in his fundamental aim: with this compendium of the treatment of certain traits in recent literary history, he provides a solid and functional platform for further research into the realms of personality and characterisation in Chinese literature.'Orion Lethbridge, NZJAS 13/1 (2011).

Paolo Santangelo is Professor of East Asian History at Rome “Sapienza” University. He has published extensively on the social and anthropological history of pre-modern and modern China and is editor of the Journal MING QING yanjiu.

'Santangelo has succeeded in his fundamental aim: with this compendium of the treatment of certain traits in recent literary history, he provides a solid and functional platform for further research into the realms of personality and characterisation in Chinese literature.'Orion Lethbridge, NZJAS 13/1 (2011).

Paolo Santangelo is Professor of East Asian History at Rome “Sapienza” University. He has published extensively on the social and anthropological history of pre-modern and modern China and is editor of the Journal MING QING yanjiu.

'Santangelo has succeeded in his fundamental aim: with this compendium of the treatment of certain traits in recent literary history, he provides a solid and functional platform for further research into the realms of personality and characterisation in Chinese literature.'Orion Lethbridge, NZJAS 13/1 (2011).