Administration / Executive Council
Professor of Classical
Chinese, Religions and Philosophy of China, Department of Asian and North
African Studies, Ca’ Foscari University Venice; Vice Rector Ca’ Foscari
University of Venice (2014-); Associate Editor of The Journal of Chinese
Writing Systems (journals.sagepub.com/home/cws ecnu.edu.cn / wenzi.cn). Research
Areas: Ancient
Chinese language, religion and philosophy. Main
Publications: Self-cultivation: the Confucian ren and yi and Matteo Ricci’s
Concept of Virtue(2017); Confucianesinmo(2009); Le droghe dell’immortalita nell’antichita cinese
e il Taishang Lingbao zhicao pin(2007).