Tiziana Lippiello is professor in the Department of Asian and North African Studies at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and is currently Vice Rector at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. Her research focuses on classical Chinese ethics, divination and mantic practices. Her recent publications are: “On the beauty of cheng 誠 (authenticity) in the Zhongyong 中庸 and Matteo Ricci’s interpretation中庸 “誠”之美与利玛窦的阐释”, in Zhang Zhigang 张志刚, ed., Meimei yu gong. Renlei wenming jiaoliu yujian zhanlan美美与共——人类文明交流互鉴的回顾与展望（Beauty through Each Other’s Eyes: Retrospection and Outlook on the Exchanges and Mutual Learning among Civilizations), Zongjiao wenhua chubanshe, Beijing 2016. Her major publications include Auspicious Omens and Miracles in Ancient China. Han, Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties, Monumenta Serica, Monograph Series, XXXIX, Sankt Augustin 2001, the italian translation of the Lunyu (Confucio, Dialoghi, Testo a fronte, traduzione e cura di Tiziana Lippiello, Einaudi, Torino 2003, repr. 2006) and of the Zhongyong (La costante pratica del giusto mezzo, Marsilio, Venezia 2010).