UC Spark

Dr Xiaoming Wu

School of Languages and Cultures; Chinese

Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext. 8530
Office: Logie Building (Modern Lang.) 414

Fields of Research

  • Classical Chinese literature
  • Comparative literature
  • Comparative study of thought (Chinese/Western)
  • Cross-cultural studies
  • Modern Chinese literature

Researcher Summary

Research interests are in Chinese and comparative literature, and Chinese and comparative philosophy.

Subject Area: Disciplines


Publications


  • Wu, X. (2013) Wu dao yi yi guan zhi: Chong du Kong Zi ('A Single Thread Runs through All My Doctrines': Rereading Confucius). (2nd ed.). Beijing: Peking University Press. 353pp. (Authored Book)
  • Wu, X. (2012) Cong waibu jiegou keneng ma? Dui Zhu Li-an jiaoshou de yidian huiying (Is it possible to deconstruct a philosophy from an exterior place? A response to Prof Jullien). Beijing Normal University, Beijng, China: Ideas and Methods: Possibilities of A Chinese-Western Dialogue in a Globalised Age, 16-17 Dec 2012. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Wu, X. (2012) Derrida's reflection on Enlightenment and its relevance to contemporary China. Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China: The Age of Enlightenment and its Contemporary Legacy, 7-8 Apr 2012. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Wu, X. (2012) Huiyi zuowei keneng de wenhua kuizeng (Re-Translation as a Possible Cultural Gift). Beijing, China: Beijing Forum, 2-4 Nov 2012. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Wu, X. (2012) My Being-towards-Death and the Unbearable Kindness of the Other: Rereading Lu Xun's The Passer-by. In A.K. Wardega (Ed.), Doubt, Time and Violence in Philosophical and Cultural Thought: Sino-Western Interpretations and Analysis: 95-110. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. (Chapter in Book)
  • Wu, X. (2012) Tazhe de pohai-Lu Xun yu Levinas (Persecution of the Other-Lu Xun and Levinas). World Sinology 10: 37-53. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (2012) Wenben zhi jian-cong Kongzi dao Lu Xun (Between the texts-from Confucius to Lu Xun). Beijing: Peking University Press. 376pp. (Authored Book)
  • Wu, X. (2012) Wenhua jiaoliu zhong de bieyi yu rentong (Differentiation and Identification in Cultural Exchange). Chinese Culture 36: 41-54. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (2012) Wenhua zhi jian: bieyi, rentong, jiaoliu (Between Cultures: Differentiation, Identification and Exchange). Remin University of China, Beijing, China: World Conference on Sinology 2012, 3-5 Nov 2012. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Wu, X. (2012) Wenxue shi keneng ma? (Is literary 'history' possible?). Comparative Literature and World Literature 1: 93-100. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (2011) Ideas on the Revival of Confucian Humanism and the Emergence of a New Chinese Cultural Identity for a Global Era. Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China: The Revival of Confucian Humanism and the Emergence of a New Chinese Cultural Identity for a Global Era, 15 Dec 2011. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Wu, X. (2011) Jiegou zhengming shang (Deconstruction/correction of the name, part I). Journal for the Study of Christian Culture 25: 50-86. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (2011) Jiegou zhengming xia (Deconstruction/correction of the name, part II). Journal for the Study of Christian Culture 26: 20-60. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (2011) Qing yu renxing zhi shan (Emotion and the goodness of human nature). Dialogues Transculturel 27: 51-80. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (2011) The readability of intellectual creativity-A partial reading of Li Zehou's Historical Ontology. Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China: International Conference on the Creativity of Chinese Thought in the 1980’s: Li Zehou's Philosophy, 3-4 Sep 2011. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Wu, X. (2011) The rhetorical question and its philosophical implication in The Analects. Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China: International Conference on Language and Value, 27-28 Aug 2011. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Wu, X. (2011) Tidai (Chinese translation of the fourth chapter of Emmanuel Levinas, Autrement qu'être ou au-delà de l'essence, second edition 1978, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers). In C. Yun and Z. Xun (Eds.) Dangdai xueshu zhuangkuang yu zhongguo sixiang de weilai (Contemporary Academic Condition and the Future of Chinese Thought), Shanghai: Huadong Normal University Press. 233-262. (Literary Translation)
  • Wu, X. (2011) Wangfu fanyi zuowei keneng de wenhua kuizeng (Back translation as a possible cultural gift). Beijing, China: International Conference on Chinese Literature in Global Contexts, 28-30 Apr 2011. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Wu, X. (2011) Wo zhi you sheng xiang si yu taren zhi wufa ganji de haoyi-chongdu Lu Xun de Guoke (My Being-towards-Death and the Unbearable Kindness of the Other). In Y. Chen, H. Zhang and P. Zhang (Ed.), In the Midst of Joy: A festschrift in honour of Professor Yue Daiyun on the occasion of her eightieth birthday: 14-29. Beijing: Peking University Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Wu, X. (2011) Wo zhi you sheng xiang si yu taren zhi wufa ganji de haoyi-chongdu Lu Xun de Guoke (My Being-towards-Death and the Unbearable Kindness of the Other). Lu Xun yanjiu yuekan (Lu Xun Research Monthly) 2011(6): 4-15. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (2010) "Dao" heyi "fa ziran" (Why does Dao have to model itself on "what is self-so"? China Scholarship 27: 131-158. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (2010) 'Dao' heyi 'fa ziran' (How Can 'Dao' Follow 'Ziran')? World Sinology 6: 83-100. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (2010) Dingxing zuowei gongfu de zhexue neihan yu zhutixing benshen zuowei chaoyuexing (The Philosophical Implication of self-cultivation in the form of stabilising one’s nature and Subjectivity as transcendence). Taipei, China: Conference on Self-cultivation and Immanent Transcendence in Cross-cultural Philosophy, 30 Sep 2010. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Wu, X. (2010) 'He er butong' xinyi: yige chuantong guannian de Laiweinasi shi jiedu ('Harmony without uniformity': A Levenasian Reading of a traditional Chinese concept). Dialogues Transcultural (Cross-Cultural Dialogues) 26: 277-290. http://www.transcultures.org/data/detail.php?id=217. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (2010) My Being-towards-Death and the Unbearable Kindness of the Other - Rereading Lu Xun's The Passerby. Macau, China: Beyond Post-modernity: Doubt, Time and Violence in Philosophical and Cultural Thought, 2 Feb 2010. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Wu, X. (2010) 'Ruo bao chizi' - Rujia chuantong zhong de lunli yu zhengzhi ('Act as if you were watching over a newly born infant' - ethics and politics in the Confucian tradtion). Yanhuang wenhua yanjiu (Study of the Yanhuang Culture) 11: 261-271. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (2010) 'Ruo bao chizi' - zhongguo chuantong wenhua de lixiang zhi zheng (Act as if you were watching over a newly born infant' - the ideal government as conceived in the Chinese tradtion). Chinese Culture 32: 121-135. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (2010) 'Wangfu fanyi' zuowei wenhua kuizeng (Back-Translation as a cultural gift). Taipei: Cultural Interaction in East Asia, 7-8 May 2010. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Wu, X. (2010) Wenhua jiaoliu wenti mansi (Ideas on the question of cultural exchange). Industrial and Commerce University, Hangzhou: Conference on Methodology in the Study of Eastern Asian Cultural Interaction, 27-28 Sep 2010. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Wu, X. (2010) Wenxue zhiqiang de bijiao (Comparison before literature). Peking University, Beijing, China: 30th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Institute of Comparative Literature and Culture, 14 Nov 2010. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Wu, X. (2009) "Ru bao chizi" - Rujia chuantong zhong de lunli yu zhengzhi (Ethics and Politics in Confucian Tradition). Beijing, China: International Conference in Honour of Confucius' 2650th Anniversary: The Contemporary Mission of Confucianism, 22-26 Sep 2009. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Wu, X. (2009) Lunli zeren yu falü gongzhengp-Mengzi zhong Gushou sharen wenti qianxi (Ethical Responsibility and Legal Justice: A Preliminary Analysis of the Question of Gu Sou's Homicide in the Mencius). Beijing, China: Second World Conference on Sinology: Sinology and Cross-cultural Communication, 30 Oct-1 Nov 2009. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Wu, X. (2009) Mou Zongsan yu Haidege'er de zhexue zaoyu (Lost by a Whisker?- The Encounter between Philosophies of Mou Zongsan and Heidegger). Zhexue pinglun (Philosophical Inquiry) 7: 146-153. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (2009) Tianming: zhiwei xing! - Piandu "Zhong yong" (A Limited Reading of the Doctrine of the Mean). Beijing: Peking University Press. 253pp. (Authored Book)
  • Wu, X. (2009) Words, Speech, and Argument in the Analects. Journal of Chinese Philosophy 36(4): 541-553. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (2008) "Yu yu wu yan": lunyu zhong de lunbian yu Kongzi dui "yan" de taidu ("I would prefer not to speak": On argumentation in The Analects and Confucius's attitude toward speech/language). Hanxue yanjiu (Chinese Studies) 26(1): 1-34. (Journal Article)
  • Xiaoyuan, S., Chuanjin, T. and Wu, X. (2008) Guanai shou aizibing yingxiang de ertong (Caring for HIV/AIDS infected and Affected Children in China). Qingnian yanjiu (Youth Study) 1: 1-9. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (2008) Lunyu zhong de lunbian yu Kongzi dui "yan" de taidu (Argumentation in The Analects and Confucius's attitude toward speech/language). Chinese Culture Research 1: 41-61. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (2008) Tazhe de pohai-Lu Xun yu Laiweinasi (The persecution "of" the Other: Lu Xun and Levinas). Chinese Cross Currents 10: 110-121. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (2008) The Persecution by the Others - Lu Xun and Emmanuel Lévinas. Chinese Cross Currents 5(4): 110-121. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (2008) Zhongguo chuantong zhong de lunli yu zhengzhi (Ethics and Politics in the Chinese Tradition). Taipei, Taiwan: 11th Symposium on Confucian & Buddhist Communication and Philosophy of Culture, 28-29 Mar 2008. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Wu, X. (2008) Zhongyong zhi cheng de zhexue chanshi (A philosophical interpretation of the concept of cheng 诚 in The Doctrine of the Mean). In W. Xuan (Ed.), Yuan Chuang II: 135-166. Ha'erbing: The Peoples Publishing House of Heilongjiang. (Chapter in Book)
  • Wu, X. (2008) Zuowei ganshouxing de zhutixing yu chuti ceyi zhi xin (On the Heart that is Pained by the Other: Mengzi and Lévinas). In Y. Dahcun, N. Bunnin and S. Critchley (Ed.), Lieweinasi de shiji huo taze de mingyuan (A Century with Levinas and the Destiny of Others): 423-432. Beijing: Renmin University of China Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Wu, X. (2007) "Ren [Humanity] Between People": From 'Wishing to Establish Oneself and Establish Others' to 'Ren Is Mankind'. In Contemporary Chinese Thought, 38(4). Special Issue: A Single Thread Runs through All My Doctrines - Wu Xiaoming Rereading Confucius.. Birmingham, AL: M.E. Sharpe. 79pp. (Monograph)
  • Wu, X. (2007) Ershi shiji xifang wenxue lilun (revised translation of Terry Eagleton, Literary Theory: An Introduction. 2nd Ed. London: Blackwell, 1996).: 290pp. Beijing: Peking University Press. Scholarly Translation. (Other)
  • Wu, X. (2007) 'Tianming: zhi wei xing!' - you 'ming' zhi yi ming san yi tan qi ('Heaven orders that...: which is what xing means' - an analysis of the above expression starting from the three meanings of the word ming in it). In Wu Xuan (Ed.), Yuan Chuang: 187-211. Ha'erbing: The People's Publishing House of Heilongjiang. (Chapter in Book)
  • Wu, X. (2007) Yiyu qushi, huo zai shiqizhisuoshi zhiwai (philosophical translation of the first chapter of Emmanuel Levinas, Autrement qu'être ou au-delà de l'essence, second edition 1978, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers). Shijie zhexue (World Philosophy Bimonthly) 3, 3-21 and 4, 66-75 Scholarly Translation. (Other)
  • Wu, X. (2006) "The Heart That Cannot Bear...the Other": Reading Mengzi on the Goodness of Human Nature. In P. Santangelo and U. Middendorf (Ed.), From Skin to Heart: Perceptions of Emotions and Bodily Sensations in Traditional Chinese Culture: 165-182. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. (Chapter in Book)
  • Shang, X. and Wu, X. (2006) Case Study of Orphan Protection System in Rural Areas of China. China Youth Study 12: 29-35. (Journal Article)
  • Shang, X., Wu, X. and Dong, P. (2006) Changing Policies of Non-government Child Welfare Institution. In S. Qiuqin, Y. Xiong, C. Jianjun and S. Baohong (Ed.), Child Rights Protection and Social Responsibility: 226-233. Shanghai: Shanghai Culture Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Wu, X., Baković, Z., Rebac, M. and Šterk, K. (2006) Filozofija i Zhexue: put k drugome i natrag (Philosophy and zhexue: the way to the other and back). Zagreb: Odjel za orijentalistiku Hrvatskoga filološkog društva : Filozofski fakultet (Croatian Philological Association, Zagreb University). 310pp. (Authored Book)
  • Shang, X., Wu, X. and Dong, P. (2006) How to survive and Thrive-the Dawn Home. China NPO Zong Heng 5: 25-28. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (2006) Mou Zongsan's philosophical encounter with Heidegger. Guangzhou, China: International Conference for the Founding of the Archive for Introduction of Western Knowledge at Sun Yat-Sen University, 1-5 Dec 2006. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Wu, X. (2006) On the Heart That Is Pained by the Other: Mengzi and Levinas. Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China: A Century with Levinas - Hangzhou International Conference on Emmanuel Levinas, 11-13 Sep 2006. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Yang, N. and Wu, X. (Ed.) (2005) Comparative Literature and World Literature: Special Volume in Honour of Professor Yue Daiyun. Beijing: Shangwu Publishing House. 635pp. (Edited Book)
  • Wu, X. (2005) Cong 'si sheng you ming' zhankai de sikao (Thinking through the Chinese concept of ming (mandate/fate/life) in the expression 'There is ming with regard to life and death' in 'The Analects'). Journal of the History of Chinese Philosophy Quarterly 13(2): 19-24. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (2005) Dangdai xushixue (revised translation of Martin Wallace, Recent Theories of Narrative. Cornell: Cornell University Press, 1986).: 276pp. Beijing: Peking University Press. Scholarly Translation. (Other)
  • Wu, X. (2005) How does the Way model itself after what is self-so? University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia: 14th Conference for the International Society of Chinese Philosophy (ISCP), 13-19 Jul 2005. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Wu, X. (2005) 'I would rather not speak at all': Confucius's attitude toward language/speech. National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan: Controversy: East and West, 20-23 Jul 2005. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Wu, X. (2005) Kongzi's attitude toward language/speech. Capital Normal University, Beijing, China: Cultural Interaction and Nationalism: 2005 International Forum on Languages and Literatures in the Age of Globalization, 24-26 Aug 2005. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Shang, X., Wu, X. and Haiyan, L. (2005) Shehui zhengce, shehui xingbie he Zhongguo de ertong yiqi wenti (Social policy, social gender, and child abandonment in China). Qingnian yanjiu (Youth Study) 4: 39-46. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (2005) 'Tianming: zhiwei xing' - shi you 'ming' zheyi gainian chongxin jiejin yige sixiang chuantong (Heaven Orders: Which Is What Is Meant by Human Nature - Approaching an Intellectual Tradition through the Notion of Ming). Dangdai zhongguo zhexue xuebao (Modern Chinese Philosophy Journal) 12: 1-45. (Journal Article)
  • Shang, X., Wu, X. and Wu, Y. (2005) Welfare Provision for Vulnerable Children: The Missing Role of the State. The China Quarterly 181(March): 122-136. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (2005) You (yu) cunzai: tongguo "cunzai" er chongdu zhongguo chuantong zhi "xingershang" zhe (The Western concept of 'Being' and the Chinese concept of you (有)). Beijing: Peking University Press. 270 p. (Authored Book)
  • Wu, X. (2004) "The heart that cannot bear... the other": Reading Mengzi on the goodness of human nature. Ca' Foscari University, Venice, Italy: Perception of bodily sensations and emotions in South and East Asian cultures, 27-28 May 2004. 17. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Shang, X. and Wu, X. (2004) Changing Approaches of Social Protection: Social Assistance Reform in Urban China. Social Policy & Society 3(3): 259-271. (Journal Article)
  • Yang, N. and Wu, X. (Ed.) (2004) Comparative Literature and World Literature. Beijing: Shangwu Publishing house. 539pp. (Edited Book)
  • Wu, X. (2004) Cunzai yu yujing zhishang: "cunzai" de fanyi he fanyi de cunzai (Being on the boundary: the translation of "Being" and the being of translation). Kua weuhua duihua (Cross-Cultural Dialogues) 16: 65-83. (Journal Article)
  • Shang, X., Wu, X. and Wan, T. (2004) From Tradition to Modernity: the institutional choice of the social welfare system for the disabled Children in China. Youth Studies 7(9): 9-18. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (2004) Laozi yu Heidegger zhi jin: "Dao zhi wei 'wu' yihuo "wu zhi wei 'Dao'-Du Wang Qingjie "Dao zhi wei wu: Heidegger de "sifanyu" wu lun yu Laozi de ziran wu lun (The Being-near of Lao Zi and Heidegger: "Dao as the 'Thing'", or "The Thing as 'Dao'"? - Reading Wang Qingjie and Lao Zi). Zhongguo Xueshu (China Scholarship) 5(2): 238-267. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (2004) Notes on the possibility of the writing of a literary history. Henan University, Zhengzhou, China: Scientism and the Writing of the Literary History in Twentieth Century China, Nov 2004. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Wu, X. (2004) Si sheng you ming (An interpretation of the traditional Chinese concept of ming 命). Nanyang University, Singapore: National Boundary and Cultural Image, 23-25 Jun 2004. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Shang, X., Wu, X. and Li, H. (2004) Social Policy, Gender and Child Abandonment in China. Youth Studies 4: 39-46. (Journal Article)
  • Shang, X., Wu, X. and Yang, Y. (2004) The Changing System of Child Protection in Nanchang. Youth Studies 11: 28-37. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (2004) The Changing System of Child Protection in Nanchang. Youth Studies : 28-37. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (2004) Xu zhi ji yu jing zhi du: chongdu Laozi di shiliu zhang (The 'limit' of the Void: Rereading the Sixtenth Chapter of the Laozi). Comparative Literature and World Literature 1: 219-244. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (2003) "Ming: tianming, mingyun, shengming — chongdu Zhongyong de ‘tianming zhi wei xing" (Rereading the First Sentence of The Doctrine of the Mean). In Song Geng (Ed.), Rereading the Tradition (1 ed.): 107-126. Beijing: Foreign Language Education and Research Publications. (Chapter in Book)
  • Wu, X. (2003) Ai (yu) (ta) ren: chongdu Kongzi de renzhe airen (A rereading of "Ren means the concern for the other" in the Analects). Zhongguo wenhua yanjiu (Journal of Chinese Cultural Studies) 42: 79-92. (Journal Article)
  • Shang, X., Wu, X. and Li, H. (2003) An analysis of the models of foster care. Social Welfare 10: 38-41. (Journal Article)
  • Shang, X., Wu, X. and Li, H. (2003) Fighting for Social Inclusion: Models of Child Protection in Four Chinese Cities. Beijing, China: Foster Care in China, 29-31 Oct 2003. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Shang, X., Wu, X. and Li, H. (2003) From Social Exclusion to Social Inclusion: De-institutionalization of Alternative Care in Three Chinese Cities. University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia: Australian Social Policy Conference: Social Inclusion, 9-11 Jul 2003. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Shang, X. and Wu, X. (2003) Protecting Children under Financial Constraints: 'Foster Mother Villages' in Datong. Journal of Social Policy 32(4): 549-570. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0047279403007141. (Journal Article)
  • Shang, X., Wu, X. and Li, H. (2003) Protecting Street Children in Jiangxi: the Role of the State in Chinese History. Shijiazhuang, China: International Conference on Saving Street Children, 23-25 Oct 2003. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Shang, X. and Wu, X. (2003) The Changing role of the state in Child Protection: the Case of Nanchang. Social Service Review 77: 523-540. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (2003) The Other in the Mencian Thinking of Human Nature. National University of Singapore: Annual conference of the Australasian Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, 1-4 Oct 2003. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Wu, X. (2003) Wu dao yi yi guan zhi: Chong du Kong Zi (Rereading Confucius). Beijing: Peking University Press. 320. (Authored Book)
  • Wu, X. (2002) An Interpretation of the concept of cheng (sincerity) in 'The Doctrine of the Mean' (zhongyong de cheng de zhexue jieshi). Shandong Univeristy, Weihai, Shandong: Hermeneutics and the interpretation of Chinese Classics/quanshixue yu zhongguo jingdian quanshi, 26-28 Aug 2002. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Wu, X. (2002) Teaching Chinese in New Zealand Universities (Zai Xinxilan daxue li jiao zhongwen). University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA: Teaching Chinese in the world: Cross-cultural Approaches, 25-27 Oct 2002. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Wu, X. (2001) Chongdu 'Xiaoti wei ren zhi ben' (A Rereading of 'Filial Piety and Brotherly Respect are the Root of Humanity' in the Analects. Journal of Tsinghua University 5: 9-17. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (2001) 'Lizhi' yu 'fazhi' - jian lun chigan yu zuigan (Governance by Rites or by Punishment). Kua weuhua duihua (Cross-Cultural Dialogues) 7: 123-134. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (2001) Mencius's theory of Human Nature. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: Asian futures, Asian traditions, 28 Nov-1 Dec 2001. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Wu, X. (2001) Zai yuyan de bianjie shang (Being on the linguistic boundaries). Peking University: International Comparative Literature Conference 'Esthétique Du Divers', 8-10 Apr 2001. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Wu, X. (2001) Zhongyu/yu taren : Chongdu Kongzi zhong de sixiang (Rereading Confucius's thought of loyalty). In H. Jun and S. Shangyang (Ed.), Quanshi yu jiangou: Tang Yijie xiansheng 75 zhounian huadan ji cong jiao 50 zhounian jinian wenji (Interpretation and Construction : Festschrift in honour of Professor Tang Yijie's 75th Birthday and 50th Anniversary of Teaching Career): 149-172. Beijing: Peking University Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Wu, X. (2000) 'Dao ke dao': chongdu laozi diyi zhang (Say what can be said...: Re-reading Chapter One of 'Laozi'). Zhongguo Xueshu (China Scholarship) 1(4): 182-211. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (2000) Xin, xing, tian, ren: chongdu Mengzi: ('The Heart/Mind, Human Nature, Heaven, and Man: Re-reading Mencius'). Xueren (The Scholar) 15: 459-496. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (1998) Philosophy, Philosophia and Zhe-xue. Philosophy East and West 48(3): 406-452. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (1997) Ziji yu yiji: xifang mianqian de ershi shiji zhongguo wenhua ziwo yishi (The Self and the Other: Chinese culture facing the West). In S.C.K. Chan (Ed.), Shenfen rentong yu gonggong wenhua (Identity and Public Culture): 325-354. Hong Kong: Oxford University Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Wu, X. (1996) Deconstruction and 'China'. New Perspectives: A Comparative Literature Yearbook 2: 71-105. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (1994) Zhi zhongguo bijiao wenxue lufa xuehui chengli dahui (Letter to the Inaugural Conference of the French Association of Chinese Comparative Literature). Duiliu (Confluent) 1: 13 and 37. Paper in Professional Publication. (Other)
  • Wu, X. (Principal Translator. and Proof Reader). (1993) Kexiao de aiqing (translation of Milan Kundera, Laughable Loves. English translation published by Murray, 1974).: 238pp. Hefei: Anhui Arts Press. Literary Translation. (Other)
  • Wu, X. (1992) Ershi shiji zhongguo zai xifang wenhua mianqian de ziwo yishi (The Self-consciousness of Twentieth Century China Facing the West). Ershiyi shiji (Twenty-First Century) 14: 102-112. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (1992) Wangxiang, zilian, youyu, yu xianshen (Paranoia, Narcissism, Melancholia, and Sacrifice [in Modern Chinese Literature]). Jintian (Today) 19(4): 171-190. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (1991) Dangdai xifang wenxue lilun (Contemporary Western Literary Theories). In S. Cao (Ed.), Bijiao wenxue shi (A History of Comparative Literature): 241-263. Chengdu: Sichuan People's Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Wu, X. (1991) Du Liu Zaifu 'gaobie zhushen' (Reading Liu Zaifu's 'Farewell to the Gods'). Ershiyi shiji (Twenty-First Century) 8: 151-156. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (1991) Shiji zhuanzhe shiqi de zhongguo xiaoshuo (translation of Milena Dolezelova-Velingerova, Ed. The Chinese Novel at the Turn of the Century. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1980).: 191pp. Beijing: Peking University Press. Scholarly Translation. (Other)
  • Wu, X. (1990) Dangdai xushixue (translation of Martin Wallace, Recent Theories of Narrative. Cornell: Cornell University Press, 1986).: 327pp. Beijing: Peking University Press. Scholarly Translation. (Other)
  • Wu, X. (1990) Langman zhuyi de yingxiang yu liubian (The Influence and Transformation of European Romanticism in Modern Chinese Literature). In D. Yue and N. Wang (Ed.), Xifang wenyi sichao yu ershi shiji zhongguo wenxue (Trends of Western Literature and Arts and Twentieth Century Chinese Literature): 23-56. Beijing: Chinese Social Sciences Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Wu, X. (1990) Wenxueshi xiang wenxue lilun de tiaozhang (translation of Hans Robert Jauss, 'Literary History as a Challenge to Literary Theory'). In Xifang wenxue lilun xuan (Western Literary Theories: A Reader): 358-369. Beijing: Chinese Social Sciences Press. Scholarly Translation. (Other)
  • Wu, X. (1990) Zhongguo wenxue zhong de xiandai sichao gaiguan (Modern European literary trends in [modern] Chinese literature). In D. Yue and N. Wang (Ed.), Xifang wenyi sichao yu ershi shiji zhongguo wenxue (Trends of Western Literature and Arts and Twentieth Century Chinese Literature): 1-22. Beijing: Chinese Social Sciences Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Wu, X. (Principal Translator. and Proof Reader). (1990) Zhongxi wenxue guanxi de lichengbei (translation of Marian Galik, Milestones in Sino-Western Literary Confrontation 1898-1979. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1986).: 347pp. Beijing: Peking University Press. Scholarly Translation. (Other)
  • Wu, X. (1989) Taolun 'Benming nian' (A Discussion of the Film 'The Year of One's Own'). Dangdai dianying (Contemporary Cinema) 6: 93-95. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (1989) Wenxue yu yinyue (Literature and Music). In D. Yue and N. Wang (Ed.), Chao xueke bijiao wenxue yanjiu (Comparative Study of Literature from an Interdisciplinary Perspective): 194-221. Beijing: Chinese Social Sciences Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Wu, X. (1988) Biaoxian, chuangzao, moshi (Representation, Creation, and the Model). Wenxue pinglun (Literary Review) 1: 105-107. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (1988) Bijiao wenxue: goutong zhongguo yu shijie de wenhuo qiaoliang, ping hunan wenxue chubanshe bijiao wenxue congshu (Comparative Literature: A Cultural Bridge between China and the World, Review of the Comparative Literature Series published by Literature and Arts Press of Hunan Province). Renming ribao (The People's Daily)(2 Nov 1988): 8. Book Review. (Other)
  • Wu, X. (1988) Dianying modai huangdi: quanli jiegou yu geren (The Last Emperor: Power Structure and the Individual). Dangdai dianying (Contemporary Cinema) 5: 35-44. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (1988) Fuhao shijie de shixue: ping Gu Tiahong fu hao shixue (The Poetics in the World of the Sign: Review of Semiotic Poetics by Gu Tianhong). Zhongguo bijiao wenxue yanjiu tongxun (Chinese Comparative Literature Bulletin) 3: 15-19. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (1988) Jieshou lilun de fazhan: zhenshi duzhe de jiefang (translation of Elrud Ibsch, 'The Development of Reception Theory', paper delivered on the Second Conference of the Chinese Comparative Literature Association). Wenyi yanjiu (Literature and Art Studies) 2: 78-89. Scholarly Translation. (Other)
  • Wu, X. (1988) Wenxue piping yu yishixingtai: Yige-erdun de makesi zhuyi wenxue piping guan (Criticism and Ideology: Terry Eagleton's Marxist Literary Criticism). Wenxue pinglun (Literary Review) 2: 87-98. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (1988) Wenxue yu dianying (Literature and Film). Zhongguo bijiao wenxue yanjiu tongxun (Chinese Comparative Literature Bulletin) 2: 24-32. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (1988) Xifang wenxue sichao yu zhongguo xiandai wenxue (Western Literary Trends and Modern Chinese Literature). In D. Yue (Ed.), Bijiao wenxue lilun (Theories of Comparative Literature): 125-154. Changsha: Hunan Literature and Arts Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Wu, X. (1988) Yanjiu shige de 'yishu': du Yuan Xingpei jiaoshou xinzhu zhongguo shige yishu yanjiu (The 'Art' of the Study of Poetry: A study of Professor Yuan Xingpei's New Book Study of the Art of Chinese Poetry). Beijing daxue xuebao (Journal of Peking University) 1: 87-97. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (1988) Yuedu guocheng: yizhong xianxiangxue fangfa (translation of Wolfgang Iser, 'Reading Process: An Phenomenological Approach', in The Implied Reader. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1974). Dangdai dianying (Contemporary Cinema Bimonthly) 5: 102-112. Scholarly Translation. (Other)
  • Wu, X. (1988) Zhongguo Puluomixiusi (Lun Xun) de jingshen licheng (The Development of Lun Xun's Thought). Lun Xun yanjiu tongxun (Lu Xun Study Bulletin) 72: 23-45. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. and Yue, M. (1987) Lishi, wenben, jieshi: Jiemuxun de wenxue lilun (Historicity, Textuality, and Interpretation: Jameson's Literary Criticism). Wenxue pinglun (Literary Review) 1: 88-106. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (1987) Zhongguo bijiao wenxue dierjie nianhui ji xueshu taolunhui zongshu (A Report on the Second Annual Conference of the Chinese Comparative Literature Association). Wenxue pinglun (Literary Review) 6: 98-100. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (1987) Zhongguo bijiao wenxue xuezhe jianjie: Lin Su, Liang Qichao, Wu Mi, Zhu Guangqian (Brief Biographies of the Early Chinese Literary Comparatists: Lin Shu, Liang Qichao, Wu Mi, and Zhu Guangqian). In Peking University Press (Ed.), Zhongguo bijiao wenxue nianjian 1986 (Yearbook of Chinese Comparative Literature 1986): 325-350. Beijing: Peking University Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Wu, X. (1987) Ziwo, yishu, ziran: xifang langman zhuyi yu wusi wenxue (Self, Art, and Nature: Western Romanticism and Chinese Literature in the May Fourth Era). Zhongguo xiandai wenxue yanjiu congkan (Modern Chinese Literature Study) 2: 65-90. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (1986) Ershi shiji xifang wenxue lilun (translation of Terry Eagleton, Literary Theory: An Introduction. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1983).: 272pp. Xi-an: Shanxi Normal University Press. Scholarly Translation. (Other)
  • Wu, X. (1986) Wenxue piping jiaodu mianmianguan (An Introduction to Contemporary Literary Theories). Da xinan wenxue (South-western Literature) 7: 87-98. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (1986) Women zenyang du zuoping: jieshou meixue jianjie (How to Read a Text: An Introduction to Reception Theory). Da xinan wenxue (South-western Literature) 2: 76-84. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (1986) Zuoping yu lijie: luetan jieshixue (Understanding the Text: on Hermeneutics). Wenxue ziyou tan (Free Forum for Literature) 2: 13-21. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (1985) Guo Moruo zaoqi wenxueguan yu xifang wenxue lilun (Guo Moruo's Early View on Literature and Western Literary Theory). Zhongguo xiandai wenxue yanjiu congkan (Modern Chinese Literature Study) 3: 22-41. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (1983) Lishi, shehui, ren (History, Society, and the Individual). Jinmen wenxue luncong (Literary Symposium of Tianjin) 4: 18-30. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (1983) Sikao yinggai mai xiang gengao de mubiao (Setting A Higher Gaol for Contemporary Chinese Literary Thought). Wenxue pinglun (Literary Review) 3: 103-109. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (1983) Wenxue yanjiu xuyao duozhong xuepai cunzai (Why Do We Need Different Theories in Literary Studies). Dangdai wenyi sichao (Current Trends of Contemporary Literature and Arts) 1: 78-86. (Journal Article)
  • Wu, X. (1982) Shenghuo de langtao zai zhaohuan (The Call of Life in Literature). Jinmen wenxue luncong (Literary Symposium of Tianjin) 2: 1-14. (Journal Article)