François Jullien (born 2 June 1951 in Embrun, France) is a French philosopher, Hellenist, and sinologist. An alumnus of the École Normale Supérieure (Paris) and holder (since 1974) of the agrégation, France's professorial degree, François Jullien studied Chinese language and taught at Peking University and Shanghai University from 1975 to 1977.