The Chinese philosophical/ rhetorical tradition: Debunking some myths

Abstract

The article is about a research conducted by the authors reviewing texts in English and Chinese by rhetorical theory and discourse analysis. As stated, many Chinese texts seemed to be misunderstood or misinterpreted, hence a deviation in information from Chinese tradition was found in the texts. Article summarizes some ways in which the texts were misinterpreted and then discussed some potential dangers associated with it.