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= China Studies Collaborative Book Projects =
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= Chinese Studies Wiki Book Projects =
Collaborative scholarly publishing on the China Studies Wiki platform. Authors and editors work together on book-length projects, with version control, peer review, and Word export.
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Collaborative scholarly publishing on the Chinese Studies Wiki platform. Authors and editors work together on book-length projects, with version control, peer review, and Word export.
 
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Language:</span> <span style="color: #FFD700; font-weight: bold;">EN</span> · [[Books/de|<span style="color: #FFD700;">DE</span>]] · [[Books/zh|<span style="color: #FFD700;">ZH</span>]] · [[Books/fr|<span style="color: #FFD700;">FR</span>]] · [[Books/es|<span style="color: #FFD700;">ES</span>]] · [[Books/it|<span style="color: #FFD700;">IT</span>]] · [[Books/ru|<span style="color: #FFD700;">RU</span>]] · [[Books/ar|<span style="color: #FFD700;">AR</span>]] · [[Books/hi|<span style="color: #FFD700;">HI</span>]]
 
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[[History_of_Sinology|History]] &middot; [[Hao_Qiu_Zhuan|Hao Qiu Zhuan]] &middot; [[Chinese_Essay|Essay]] &middot; [[Hongloumeng|Red Chamber]] &middot; [[Lu_Xun_Complete_Works|Lu Xun]] &middot; [[Rethinking_Higher_Education|Education &amp; AI]] &middot; [[Jing_Shanhai|Jing Shanhai]] &middot; [[Da_Jilu|Great Report]] &middot; [[Xue_Mo_Desert_Daughters|Desert Daughter]] &middot; [[Xue_Mo_Wuestentochter_2|Desert Daughter 2]] &middot; [[Listen_to_China|Listen to China]] &middot; [[Chu_Ninao_Ji|Out of the Mire]] &middot; [[Ma_Jinlian_Mutter|Mutter]] &middot; [[Han_Han|Han Han]] &middot; [[Mianmian_Xianghai|Xianghai]] &middot; [[Chi_Zijian|Chi Zijian]] &middot; [[Hai_Nan_Traumbuch|Traumbuch]] &middot; [[Kubin_Sinologie|Kubin]]
 
 
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<div class="book-card-title">[[History_of_Sinology|History of Sinology]]</div>
 
<div class="book-card-title">[[History_of_Sinology|History of Sinology]]</div>
 
<div class="book-card-subtitle">From Jesuit Missionaries to Digital Humanities</div>
 
<div class="book-card-subtitle">From Jesuit Missionaries to Digital Humanities</div>
<div class="book-card-author">Martin Woesler (Ed.)</div>
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<div class="book-card-author">Martin Woesler</div>
<div class="book-card-publisher">European University Press &middot; First Edition 2026.1</div>
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<div class="book-card-publisher">European University Press, 2026</div>
<div class="book-card-isbn">ISBN 978-3-86515-447-7 (EUP) / 978-1-68202-595-6 (APUSA)</div>
 
 
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<span class="stat">25 Chapters</span> &middot;
 
<span class="stat">25 Chapters</span> &middot;
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<span class="status-badge status-active">2nd Edition in Progress</span>
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A comprehensive history of Western sinology from ancient Greek accounts of the "Seres" through the Jesuit missions, the founding of academic sinology in 1814, to the digital humanities era. Covers sinology by country, thematic perspectives, and contemporary debates.
 
A comprehensive history of Western sinology from ancient Greek accounts of the "Seres" through the Jesuit missions, the founding of academic sinology in 1814, to the digital humanities era. Covers sinology by country, thematic perspectives, and contemporary debates.
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'''Contributing authors:''' Hussain Aryan (Afghanistan), Etienne Bankuwiha (Burundi), Sara Cvetanovska (Macedonia), Giray Fidan (Turkey), Maurice Gountin (Benin), Michael Kn&uuml;ppel (Germany), Luo Huiling (Spain), Jorge Malena (Argentina), Ghulam Mustafa (Pakistan), Darya Nechyparik (Russia), A. D. Pavlova (Russia), Tentang Sejarah (Indonesia), Martin Woesler (Germany)<br/>''Sinologists interested in contributing to the next edition are welcome to join &mdash; simply [[Special:CreateAccount|register as a co-author]] and start editing.''
 
 
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[[History_of_Sinology|<span class="btn-wiki">Read Online</span>]]
 
[[History_of_Sinology|<span class="btn-wiki">Read Online</span>]]
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[https://bou.de/u/export_book.php?action=download&book=History_of_Sinology <span class="btn-download">Download DOCX</span>]
 
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<div class="book-card-title">[[Hao_Qiu_Zhuan|Hao Qiu Zhuan (&#22909;&#36881;&#20659;)]]</div>
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<div class="book-card-subtitle">Bilingual Critical Edition — by Li Changxing (李長興), ca. 1683</div>
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<div class="book-card-subtitle">Bilingual Critical Edition</div>
 
<div class="book-card-author">Martin Woesler (Ed.)</div>
 
<div class="book-card-author">Martin Woesler (Ed.)</div>
 
<div class="book-card-publisher">European University Press</div>
 
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A bilingual critical edition of the ''Hao Qiu Zhuan'' (&#22909;&#36881;&#20659;, "The Fortunate Union"), one of the earliest Chinese novels translated into European languages. Includes the Chinese original alongside the historic English (Percy, 1761), German (1766), and French (1828) translations, as well as modern English, German, and French translations. Currently in the scan correction phase for the historical editions.
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A bilingual critical edition of the ''Hao Qiu Zhuan'' (&#22909;&#36885;&#20659;, "The Fortunate Union"), one of the earliest Chinese novels translated into European languages. Includes the Chinese original alongside the historic English (Percy, 1761), German (1766), and French (1828) translations, as well as modern English, German, and French translations. Currently in the scan correction phase for the historical editions.
 
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<div class="book-card-title">[[Lu_Xun_Complete_Works|Lu Xun's Complete Works / &#40065;&#36805;&#20840;&#38598;]]</div>
 
<div class="book-card-subtitle">Scholarly Translation into 8 Languages</div>
 
<div class="book-card-author">Martin Woesler (Ed.)</div>
 
<div class="book-card-publisher">European University Press</div>
 
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<span class="stat">60 Works</span> &middot;
 
<span class="stat">1,518 Sections</span> &middot;
 
<span class="stat">~5.70M Characters</span>
 
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<span class="status-badge status-active">Translation Complete (April 2026)</span>
 
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The first complete multilingual scholarly translation of the works of Lu Xun (&#40065;&#36805;, 1881-1936), the father of modern Chinese literature, into eight languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Arabic, and Hindi. All 1,518 sections translated as of April 2026. Includes the short story collections ''Call to Arms'' (&#21584;&#21898;) and ''Wandering'' (&#24439;&#24488;), the prose poems ''Wild Grass'' (&#37326;&#33609;), the autobiographical essays ''Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk'' (&#26397;&#33457;&#22805;&#25342;), plus sixteen essay collections and scholarly works. Parallel Chinese text with translations and annotations in all languages.
 
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[[Lu_Xun_Complete_Works|EN]] &middot; [[Lu_Xun_Complete_Works/de|DE]] &middot; [[Lu_Xun_Complete_Works/fr|FR]] &middot; [[Lu_Xun_Complete_Works/es|ES]] &middot; [[Lu_Xun_Complete_Works/it|IT]] &middot; [[Lu_Xun_Complete_Works/ru|RU]] &middot; [[Lu_Xun_Complete_Works/ar|AR]] &middot; [[Lu_Xun_Complete_Works/hi|HI]]
 
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[[Lu_Xun_Complete_Works|<span class="btn-wiki">Project Page</span>]]
 
[https://universitypress.eu/translations/luxun_dashboard.php <span class="btn-download">Translation Dashboard</span>]
 
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<div class="book-card-title">[[Rethinking_Higher_Education|Rethinking Higher Education in the Digital Age]]</div>
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<div class="book-card-title">[[History_of_Chinese_Literature|History of Chinese Literature / &#x4E2D;&#x56FD;&#x6587;&#x5B66;&#x53F2;]]</div>
<div class="book-card-subtitle">AI, Sustainability, and Digital Innovation in China and Europe</div>
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<div class="book-card-subtitle">From Oracle Bones to Artificial Intelligence — Three Millennia of Sinophone Literary Creation</div>
<div class="book-card-author">Edited by Martin Woesler</div>
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<div class="book-card-author">Martin Woesler</div>
<div class="book-card-publisher">European University Press · 2026</div>
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<div class="book-card-publisher">European University Press, 2026</div>
<div class="book-card-isbn">ISBN 978-3-86515-439-2</div>
 
 
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<span class="stat">11 Chapters</span> &middot;
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<span class="stat">35 Chapters</span> &middot;
<span class="stat">EN + CN</span> &middot;
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<span class="stat">9 Parts</span>
<span class="stat">~60,000 Words</span>
 
 
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A peer-reviewed anthology published as part of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence "EUSC-DEC" (EU Grant 101126782). Eleven chapters address AI ethics in education, comparative data protection (GDPR vs. PIPL), the future of translation, empirical studies on AI-assisted language learning, VR and smart learning environments, green digital education, and the "University of the Future." Contributing authors include scholars from Hunan Normal University and partner institutions.
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A comprehensive history of Chinese literature from its earliest oral and mythological origins through the classical poetic and prose traditions, the rise of drama and fiction, the modern literary revolution, to contemporary digital literature and AI-generated writing. Covers three millennia of Sinophone literary creation across the PRC, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the global diaspora.
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<div class="book-card-coauthors">Contributors: Martin Woesler, Ole Doering, Fang Lu</div>
 
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[[Rethinking_Higher_Education|EN]] &middot; [[Rethinking_Higher_Education/zh|CN]]
 
 
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[[Rethinking_Higher_Education|<span class="btn-wiki">Project Page</span>]]
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[[History_of_Chinese_Literature|<span class="btn-wiki">Read Online</span>]]
[https://sciencenet.eu/9783865154392/ <span class="btn-download">Open Access</span>]
 
 
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<div class="book-card-title">[[Jing_Shanhai|Jing Shanhai (&#32463;&#23665;&#28023;) — Durch Berge und Meere]]</div>
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<div class="book-card-title">[[History_of_Chinese_Culture|History of Chinese Culture / &#x4E2D;&#x56FD;&#x6587;&#x5316;&#x53F2;]]</div>
<div class="book-card-subtitle">Through Mountains and Seas — by Zhao Defa (&#36213;&#24503;&#21457;), 2017</div>
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<div class="book-card-subtitle">Material and Immaterial Civilization from Neolithic Origins to the Digital Age</div>
<div class="book-card-author">Transl. Martin Woesler et al.</div>
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<div class="book-card-author">Martin Woesler</div>
<div class="book-card-publisher">Anhui Wenyi Chubanshe / European University Press &middot; Sinica 83</div>
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<div class="book-card-publisher">European University Press, 2026</div>
<div class="book-card-isbn">ISBN 978-3-86515-557-3</div>
 
 
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<span class="stat">8 Chapters + Afterword</span> &middot;
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<span class="stat">30 Chapters</span> &middot;
<span class="stat">Bilingual CN/DE</span>
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<span class="stat">8 Parts</span>
 
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A novel by Zhao Defa following Wu Xiaohao, a young deputy township head in coastal Shandong Province, as she navigates rural governance, marine culture, archaeological heritage, and the tensions between tradition and modernization. Originally published in 2017 by Anhui Literature and Art Publishing House; German translation published in 2025.
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A comprehensive history of Chinese culture spanning material and immaterial civilization from Neolithic origins to the digital age. Covers the arts, religions, architecture, food culture, festivals, science and technology, education, and cultural exchange, tracing the development of Chinese cultural identity across five millennia.
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[[Jing_Shanhai/zh/Chapter_1|ZH]] &middot; [[Jing_Shanhai/de/Chapter_1|DE]] &middot; [[Jing_Shanhai/zh-de/Chapter_1|ZH-DE]]
 
 
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<div class="book-card-title">[[Da_Jilu|&#22823;&#35760;&#24405; &mdash; Der Gro&szlig;e Bericht / The Great Record]]</div>
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<div class="book-card-title">[[History_of_Chinese_Philosophy|History of Chinese Philosophy / &#x4E2D;&#x56FD;&#x54F2;&#x5B66;&#x53F2;]]</div>
<div class="book-card-subtitle">40 Jahre Reform und &Ouml;ffnung in China &mdash; Ausgew&auml;hlte Reportage-Literatur</div>
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<div class="book-card-subtitle">From the Sages of Antiquity to Contemporary Thought</div>
<div class="book-card-author">Li Bingyin (&#26446;&#28851;&#38134;) (Ed.) &middot; Translated by Martin Woesler</div>
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<div class="book-card-author">Martin Woesler</div>
<div class="book-card-publisher">Anhui Wenyi Chubanshe (CN) &middot; European University Press (DE) &middot; 2018/2025</div>
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<div class="book-card-publisher">European University Press, 2026</div>
<div class="book-card-isbn">ISBN 978-3-86515-602-0 (Band I) &ndash; 978-3-86515-606-8 (Band V)</div>
 
 
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<span class="stat">5 Volumes</span> &middot;
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<span class="stat">28 Chapters</span> &middot;
<span class="stat">27 Works</span> &middot;
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<span class="stat">7 Parts</span>
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<span class="stat">~1,100 pages</span>
 
 
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A monumental anthology of Chinese reportage literature (&#25253;&#21578;&#25991;&#23398;) spanning four decades of China's Reform and Opening Up (1978&ndash;2018). 27 seminal works by major Chinese reportage authors, from Xu Chi's legendary ''Goldbach Conjecture'' (1978) through accounts of rural reform, space exploration, and China's emergence as a global power. One of the largest Chinese-to-German literary translation projects of recent years.
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A comprehensive history of Chinese philosophy from the pre-philosophical cosmological foundations through the Hundred Schools, the Buddhist transformation, Neo-Confucianism, and modern engagements with Marxism and Western thought. Covers Chinese logic, ethics, political philosophy, aesthetics, and the ongoing global dialogue.
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[[Da_Jilu|Main]] &middot; [[Da_Jilu/zh/Band_1|ZH]] &middot; [[Da_Jilu/de/Band_1|DE]] &middot; [[Da_Jilu/zh-de/Band_1|ZH-DE]]
 
 
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<div class="book-card-subtitle">Wüstentochter</div>
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<div class="book-card-subtitle">Politics, Society, and Economy from Earliest Times to the Present</div>
<div class="book-card-author">Xue Mo (雪漠), transl. Martin Woesler</div>
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<div class="book-card-author">Martin Woesler</div>
<div class="book-card-publisher">Anhui Wenyi Chubanshe / European University Press</div>
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<div class="book-card-publisher">European University Press, 2026</div>
 
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<span class="stat">15 Chapters</span> &middot;
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<span class="stat">32 Chapters</span> &middot;
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<span class="status-badge status-active">Translation Review</span>
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Novel by Xue Mo, translated from Chinese into German. Bilingual ZH-DE view available for translation review.
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A comprehensive history of China from prehistoric times to the present, covering political, social, and economic developments across all major dynasties and into the modern era. Includes thematic chapters on Taiwan, Hong Kong, the diaspora, governance, gender, foreign relations, and the question of Chinese identity.
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[[Xue_Mo_Desert_Daughters|ZH]] &middot; DE &middot; ZH-DE
 
 
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[[Xue_Mo_Desert_Daughters|<span class="btn-wiki">Project Page</span>]]
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<div class="book-card-title">[[Common_Sense_Philosophy|Common Sense]]</div>
<div class="book-card-subtitle">Chinese Minority Music (3 Volumes)</div>
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<div class="book-card-subtitle">A Philosophy for the Post-Ideological Age</div>
<div class="book-card-author">Shang Le (尚乐)</div>
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<div class="book-card-author">Martin Woesler</div>
<div class="book-card-publisher">Anhui Wenyi Chubanshe</div>
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<div class="book-card-publisher">European University Press, 2026</div>
<div class="book-card-isbn">ISBN 978-7-5396-7926-6</div>
 
 
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<span class="stat">3 Volumes</span> &middot;
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<span class="stat">25 Chapters</span> &middot;
<span class="stat">ZH + DE</span>
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<span class="stat">6 Parts</span> &middot;
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<span class="stat">~600 pages</span>
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<span class="status-badge status-active">Translation In Progress</span>
 
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Three-volume set on Chinese minority music traditions: instrumental music, opera, and folk songs. German translation in progress.
 
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Three novels by Han Han (&#38889;&#23506;, born 1982), one of China's most popular contemporary authors, blogger, and cultural commentator. ''&#19977;&#37325;&#38376;'' (Die drei Tore, 2000) is his celebrated debut novel about the Chinese education system; ''&#20182;&#30340;&#22269;'' (Sein Land, 2008) follows a motorcycle rider through small-town China; ''&#20809;&#33635;&#26085;'' (Tage des Ruhms, 2007) is a satirical novel. Translated by student teams at the University of Bochum, edited by Martin Woesler.
 
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From Jesuit Missionaries to Digital Humanities
Martin Woesler
European University Press, 2026

25 Chapters · 5 Parts · ~1,000 pages

In Progress

A comprehensive history of Western sinology from ancient Greek accounts of the "Seres" through the Jesuit missions, the founding of academic sinology in 1814, to the digital humanities era. Covers sinology by country, thematic perspectives, and contemporary debates.

EN · DE · ZH · ZH-TW · FR · ES · RU

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Bilingual Critical Edition
Martin Woesler (Ed.)
European University Press

Chinese + EN/DE/FR · 1761/1766 translations

In Preparation

A bilingual critical edition of the Hao Qiu Zhuan (好逕傳, "The Fortunate Union"), one of the earliest Chinese novels translated into European languages. Includes the Chinese original alongside the historic English (Percy, 1761), German (1766), and French (1828) translations, as well as modern English, German, and French translations. Currently in the scan correction phase for the historical editions.

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Geschichte des chinesischen Essays in Moderne und Gegenwart
Martin Woesler
European University Press, 2010

9 Chapters · ~700 pages · DE + CN

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A comprehensive history of the Chinese essay (sanwen 散文) from the modern period (1917--1949) through the contemporary era (1949--1995). Features detailed studies of nine major essayists including Lu Xun, Ba Jin, and Yu Guangzhong. Originally a dissertation at Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum (1998). ISBN 978-3-932329-04-3.

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4th Edition of the Complete German Translation
Martin Woesler (with Rainer Schwarz for Ch. 1-80)
European University Press

120 Chapters · Bilingual CN/DE · ~3,000 pages

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The 4th edition of the complete German translation of Hongloumeng (红楼梦, "Dream of the Red Chamber"), one of China's Four Great Classical Novels. Based on the Gengchenben (庚辰本, ca. 1760) for chapters 1-80 and the Chengjiaben (程甲本, 1791) for chapters 81-120. Bilingual Chinese-German parallel text with scholarly annotations.

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From Oracle Bones to Artificial Intelligence — Three Millennia of Sinophone Literary Creation
Martin Woesler
European University Press, 2026

35 Chapters · 9 Parts

In Progress

A comprehensive history of Chinese literature from its earliest oral and mythological origins through the classical poetic and prose traditions, the rise of drama and fiction, the modern literary revolution, to contemporary digital literature and AI-generated writing. Covers three millennia of Sinophone literary creation across the PRC, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the global diaspora.

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Material and Immaterial Civilization from Neolithic Origins to the Digital Age
Martin Woesler
European University Press, 2026

30 Chapters · 8 Parts

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A comprehensive history of Chinese culture spanning material and immaterial civilization from Neolithic origins to the digital age. Covers the arts, religions, architecture, food culture, festivals, science and technology, education, and cultural exchange, tracing the development of Chinese cultural identity across five millennia.

From the Sages of Antiquity to Contemporary Thought
Martin Woesler
European University Press, 2026

28 Chapters · 7 Parts

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A comprehensive history of Chinese philosophy from the pre-philosophical cosmological foundations through the Hundred Schools, the Buddhist transformation, Neo-Confucianism, and modern engagements with Marxism and Western thought. Covers Chinese logic, ethics, political philosophy, aesthetics, and the ongoing global dialogue.

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Politics, Society, and Economy from Earliest Times to the Present
Martin Woesler
European University Press, 2026

32 Chapters · 9 Parts

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A comprehensive history of China from prehistoric times to the present, covering political, social, and economic developments across all major dynasties and into the modern era. Includes thematic chapters on Taiwan, Hong Kong, the diaspora, governance, gender, foreign relations, and the question of Chinese identity.

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A Philosophy for the Post-Ideological Age
Martin Woesler
European University Press, 2026

25 Chapters · 6 Parts · ~600 pages

In Progress

A groundbreaking philosophical framework that evaluates civilizational progress without normative metaphysics. Argues for species preservation, suffering reduction, human dignity, maximum individual liberty, cooperative governance, and the overcoming of war, poverty, authoritarianism, religious dogma, and cultural chauvinism. Engages critically with Kant, Mill, Rawls, Habermas, Confucius, and Buddhist ethics to forge a post-ideological rational compass for human flourishing.

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