Anne Cheng (; born 11 July 1955) is a French Sinologist who teaches at the

Collège de France The Collège de France (), formerly known as the ''Collège Royal'' or as the ''Collège impérial'' founded in 1530 by François I, is a higher education and research establishment ('' grand établissement'') in France. It is located in Paris n ...

and specializes in Chinese history and the history of

Chinese philosophy Chinese philosophy originates in the Spring and Autumn period () and Warring States period (), during a period known as the " Hundred Schools of Thought", which was characterized by significant intellectual and cultural develop ...

. Pablo Ariel Blitstein, the author of "A new debate about alterity," describes her as an "important representative of French sinology". She was born in Paris in 1955 to Chinese parents,Anne Cheng Biographie
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. Retrieved on 11 December 2013. academic François Cheng and a painter, who later became French citizens.La pensée chinoise par-delà les fantasmes
" ''Sciences humaines'' (:fr:Sciences humaines (revue), FR). 4 March 2013. Retrieved on 11 December 2013. Anne Cheng graduated from the ''École Normale Supérieure''. She has taught and conducted research on sinology for the ''Centre national de la recherche scientifique'' (CNRS), and the ''Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales'' (INALCO). She has had appointments to the ''Institut universitaire de France'' and the ''Collège de France''.

Publications

Books

* ''Entretiens de Confucius'' (Full translation from Chinese with introduction, notes, maps & chronology), Paris, Seuil, 1981 (2nd edition 1985), 180 p. * ''Étude sur le confucianisme han : l'élaboration d'une tradition exégétique sur les classiques'', Paris, Institut des hautes études chinoises, 1985, 322 p. * ''Histoire de la pensée chinoise'', Paris, Seuil, 1997, 650 p. * ''La Chine pense-t-elle ?'', Paris, Collège de France/Fayard, 2009. * ''Le Pousse-pousse'' (Full translation from Chinese ; with François Cheng), Paris, Picquier, 2012.

Collective works

* ''La pensée en Chine aujourd'hui'', Paris, Gallimard, 2007, 478 p. * ''Les grandes civilisations'', Paris, Collège de France/Bayard, 2011. * ''Lectures et usages de la Grande Étude (Chine, Corée, Japon)'', Paris, Odile Jacob, 2015. * ''Exploring Courtroom Discourse: The Language of Power and Control'', London/New York, Routledge, 2016. * ''Hériter, et après ?'', Paris, Gallimard (coll. Folio), 2017. * ''Tous philosophes ?'', Paris, Gallimard (coll. Folio), 2019. * ''Une boussole pour l'Après'', Paris, Collège de France, 2020. * ''Civilisations : questionner l'identité et la diversité'', Paris, Odile Jacob, 2021. * ''Le Traité des rites : canonisation du rituel et ritualisation de la société'', Paris, Maisonneuve et Larose, 2021. * ''India-China : Intersecting Universalities'', Paris, Collège de France, 2021. * ''Historians of Asia on Political Violence'', Paris, Collège de France, 2021. * ''Penser en Chine'', Paris, Gallimard (coll. Folio), 2021.

Honours and awards

Honours

* 2016 : Officier of the Legion of Honour. * 2013 : Officier of the National Order of Merit (France), National Order of Merit. * 2008 : Knight of the Legion of Honour.

Awards

* 1998 : The Prix Stanislas Julien of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. * 1997 : Prize Dagnan-Bouveret of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques.

Honorary degrees

* Fudan University. * Autonomous University of Barcelona.

Notes and references

* List of works was taken from :fr:Anne Cheng
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