Annping Chin

About The Author

Annping Chin studied mathematics at Michigan State University and received her PhD in Chinese thought from Columbia University. She was on the faculty at Wesleyan University and currently teaches in the history department at Yale University, where her fields of study include Confucianism, Taoism, and the Chinese intellectual tradition. She is the author of three previous books: Children of China: Voices from Recent Years, Tai Chen on Mencius, and Four Sisters of Hofei. She has also coauthored, with Jonathan Spence, The Chinese Century: A Photographic History of the Last Hundred Years.

Books by Annping Chin

The Authentic Confucius

A Life of Thought and Politics

By Annping Chin
A thoughtful and authoritative biography of Confucious—a philosopher whose ongoing relevance is unparalleled and who is just as current in China today as he was one thousand years ago.
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Four Sisters of Hofei

A History

By Annping Chin
The true story of four sisters born between 1907 and 1914 in China, Four Sisters of Hofei is an intimate encounter with history.
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