Anne Cheng (; born 11 July 1955) is a French
Sinologist
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who teaches at the
Collège de France and specializes in
Chinese history
The earliest known written records of the history of China date from as early as 1250 BC, from the Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC), during the reign of king Wu Ding. Ancient historical texts such as the ''Book of Documents'' (early chapter ...
and the history of
Chinese philosophy.
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]
" Collège de France. 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). 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''.[
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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 An order of merit is conferred by a state, government or royal family on an individual in recognition of military or civil merit.
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* 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.
See also
*Chinese diaspora in France
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Notes and references
* List of works was taken from :fr:Anne Cheng
Revision
External links
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Living people
French sinologists
1955 births
French people of Chinese descent
Academic staff of the Collège de France