In recent years there has been a surge of interest in authorship studies among Western scholars, using the methods of historicism. The purpose of this article is to examine how literary authorship has developed independently in traditional China, with unique implications for ideas of representation, gender, and voice. It's also meant to call other Chinese scholars' attention to this subject. This essay discusses topics such as authorship in Confucian classics, authorship in biographies and poetry, women and authorship, new concepts of authorship in Ming-Qing drama and fiction, and Western sinologists' detective work in authorship.