Books and their authors

It is an odd thing I noticed that in Ancient China books were normally named after their author. The Art of War, for example, by Hsun Tzu was actually called simply Hsun Tzu until Western translators decided to call it by the same name as a similar book by Machiavelli. Jews on the other hand often get named after the titles of their books. A prime example is say, the Chofetz Chaim. He is known after the title of his first famous work, ie, the Chofetz Chaim. It is perfectly normal (and perhaps the only acceptable way to say this) to say that the Chofetz Chaim wrote the Mishna Brurah, his other famous work.