Romain Graziani is a professor of Chinese studies, and has developed his teaching and research work in the field of the intellectual and political history of ancient China. A translator and essayist, his publications focus on the practices of breath, the figures of sovereignty, the narratives of the Zhuangzi, the notions of father, spirit (shen) or even the status of non-human beings in Chinese society, but also penal amputation or institutional reforms at the time of the Warring Kingdoms. Latest publications: l'Usage du vide (Gallimard 2019); Fiction and Philosophy in the Zhuangzi (Bloomsbury, 2022). He is currently preparing a monograph on the status and role of numbers in Chinese political culture from the Bronze Age to the contemporary period.