Happy to share that my Cambridge Element book Early Globalism and Chinese Literature has been officially published on Feb 18, 2026. It has an open access option, and paperback versions.
Contents
- PART I Buddhism And Literature
- Introduction to Part I
- 1 Buddhist Translation and the Chinese Language
- 2 Bianwen (“Transformation Texts”) and Their Importance
- 3 Buddhism, the Literary World, and the “Journey to the West” Stories
- PART II SEA AND STORY
- Introduction to Part II
- 4 Maritime Circulation of the Cinderella Story
- 5 Voyages of Zheng He: The World in Ming Literature
- Epilogue
- Appendix
- Acknowledgements
- The Global Middle Ages
- The Global Middle Ages
- Footnotes
- References
Yuanfei Wang 
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