Tiziana Lippiello is an Italian sinologist and the president of Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy. Prof. Lippiello's main research interests are ancient Chinese language, ancient Chinese classics and religion, especially Confucianism and Chinese ethics, Prof. Lippiello has written extensively, including Auspicious Omens and Miracles in Ancient China: Han, Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties, Confucianesimo, Libreria Editrice Cafoscarina, and others. She is also the editor-in-chief of La Fenice and Classici Cinesi, and has published more than 40 academic papers.