China and the West on the Silk Roads. Perceptions of the Other and Encounters from the Warring States to the Modern Era

The series Sinologica aims to provide readers with new tools for understanding the complex and multifaceted reality of the Chinese universe. The multiplicity of aspects pertaining to Chinese culture is the result not only of a millenary history, but also of a series of direct and indirect contacts with the outside world. The aim of Sinologica will be to provide, through its volumes, interpretative perspectives that will be unconstrained by thematic or methodological biases. The only common thread linking the essays in the series, be they historical, linguistic, literary or philosophical-religious in nature, will be their sinological character, in other words, their being grounded in the knowledge of the Chinese language, which has been a fundamental unifying factor in such a diversified world.