Anne Cheng is Professor at the Collège de France and holds the Chair of Chinese Intellectual History. A specialist in Chinese thought and philosophy, her research also addresses questions of transmission, rituality and the way human societies engage in defining themselves and others. Her books include: Entretiens de Confucius, Étude sur le confucianisme han : l'élaboration d'une tradition exégétique sur les classiques, Histoire de la pensée chinoise, La Chine pense-t-elle ? and Le Pousse-pousse.