Jacques Gernet (French: [ʒɛʁnɛ]; Chinese: 謝和耐; pinyin: Xiè Hénài; 22 December 1921, Algiers, French Algeria – 3 March 2018, Vannes) was an eminent Frenchsinologist of the second half of the 20th century. His best-known work is The Chinese Civilization, a 900-page summary of Chinese history and civilization which has been translated into many languages.
From 1955–1976 Gernet served as director of studies at the EPHE, VIe section, then at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. He taught Chinese language and culture at the Faculty of Arts from the Sorbonne in 1957, first as a lecturer, then as professor from 1959. In 1968 he founded the Unit of teaching and research of languages and civilizations of East Asia (University of Paris-VII), and was its director until 1973. He entered the Collège de France, where he was chair in social and intellectual history of China (1975–1992).
1949 : Entretiens du maître de dhyâna Chen-houei du Ho-tsö (668-760), Hanoi, EFEO (PEFEO, 31).
1956 : Les Aspects économiques du bouddhisme dans la société chinoise du Ve au Xe siècle, Saigon, EFEO (PEFEO, 39). †
1959 : La Vie quotidienne en Chine à la veille de l'invasion mongole, Paris, Hachette. †
1970 : Catalogue des manuscrits chinois de la Bibliothèque nationale, fonds Pelliot de Touen-houang, vol. 1, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale. With Wu Chi-yü.
1972 : Le Monde chinois, Paris, A. Colin. † Translated as A History of Chinese Civilization, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. (2nd ed.) (English translation)
1982 : Chine et christianisme, action et réaction, Paris, Gallimard. †
1991 : Tang Zhen, Écrits d'un sage encore inconnu, Paris, Gallimard.
1994 : L'Intelligence de la Chine : le social et le mental, Paris, Gallimard.
2005 : La Raison des choses: Essai sur la philosophie de Wang Fuzhi (1619–1692), Paris, Gallimard.
† Translated into English.
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^Sawicki, Patrice (15 February 2011). "GERNET Jacques". www.aibl.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 March 2018.
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