Zhao Minli wrote in the 6th issue of Journal of Beijing Normal University (SOCIAL SCIENCE EDITION) in 2021 that the authorship problems of early Chinese classics are very complex.
Some classics have no specific author; the author's records are vague and inaccurate; or a general professional name is confused with the author's alternate name; or multi-authored group works end to be authored by a single individual. One reason for this situation is that the writing system and writing tradition in early China are different from those in later generations, and the second reason is that the author's individual authorship consciousness for writing was not mature at that time. This itself is a unique cultural phenomenon in early China. We need to have a full understanding, ignore the authorship view of later generations, combine the complexity of the generation of Chinese classics with the diversity of authors, establish a dynamic authorship view in line with the reality of early generation of Chinese classics, and reveal the role and significance of such authorship view in the generation of Chinese classics and Chinese cultural development.