Weiguo Cao, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Chinese, Career Track – Teaching

 

Biography

Dr. Cao teaches classes on Chinese language and culture. His research interests include early Chinese narrative and historical works, the development of Chinese fictional writings, Sun Zi’s Art of War and the translation of ancient Chinese texts. He is part of the group project translating Sima Qian’s Shiji (The Grand Scribe’s Records—also known as Records of Grand Historian).

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2016

Awards

2015 College of Arts and Sciences Excellence in Teaching by a Clinical Faculty Member

Publications

Annotated Translations

• Translation, annotation, and commentary of “A Eulogy of the Late Grand Commandant Qiao Xuan,” and “A Lament for Jinhu,” in Classic Chinese Poems of Mourning and Texts of Lament: An Anthology, Victor H. Mair and Zhenjun Zhang, eds. (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2024), pp. 105-109.

• 陈丞相世家英译后记 “A Postscript to the English Translation of the ‘Hereditary House of Chancellor Chen,’” in Festschrift for the Eightieth Birthday of Professor William H. Nienhauser, Jr. (Nanjing: Nanjing University Press, 2023), pp. 264-284.

• Translation and annotation of “Records of Lotus Screen,” in Ming Dynasty Tales, A Guided Reader. Victor H. Mair and Zhenjun Zhang, eds. (London: Bloomsbury, Academic, 2022), pp. 87-111.

• Translation, annotation, and commentary of “Hereditary Houses of Chancellor Ch’en,” in The Grand Scribe’s Records, Volume VI. William Nienhauser, Jr., ed., (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2022), pp. 267-319.

• Translation, annotation, and commentary of Chapter 71 of The Grand Scribe’s Records. William Nienhauser, Jr., ed., (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2021), pp. 257-285.

• Translation and annotation of “Records of Constructing the Grand Canal,” and “Tale of a White Ape,” in Anthology of Tang and Song Tales: the Tang Song chuanqi ji of Lu Xun. Victor H. Mair and Zhenjun Zhang, eds. (Singapore: World Scientific, 2020), pp. 26-37 and pp. 555-589.. Victor H. Mair and Zhenjun Zhang, eds. (Singapore: World Scientific, 2020), pp. 26-37 and pp. 555-589.

• Cao, Weiguo. “The Tale of Hongxian,” in Tang Dynasty Tales: A Guided Reader,. William H Nienhauser, Jr., ed., Singapore: World Scientific, 2010, pp. 1-47.

• Cao, Weiguo. “Hereditary House of Ch’u,” and “Hereditary House of Lu” in The Grand Scribe’s Records, The Hereditary Houses of Pre-Han China, William Nienhauser, Jr., ed., Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2006.

• Cao, Weiguo. “The Basic Annals of Emperor Wen, the Filial,” The Grand Scribe’s Records, vol.2, William Nienhauser, Jr., ed., Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2002, pp. 145-193.