What is Chinese studies?

Sinology, based on pre-Qin classics and a hundred schools of thought, covers a whole set of cultural and academic systems, such as Confucian classics in Han Dynasty, metaphysics in Wei and Jin Dynasties, Taoism in Sui and Tang Dynasties, Neo-Confucianism in Song and Ming Dynasties, practical learning in Ming and Qing Dynasties, poems in Han Dynasty, parallel prose in Six Dynasties, poems in Tang and Song Dynasties, Yuan Qu and novels in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and historiography of past dynasties.

1906, the quintessence of Chinese culture, Deng Shi wrote an article: "Where are the scholars in China? A country's learning is also. Life with land is on it, because there is a country, and people with a country have their own knowledge. Those who learn, learn from a country, think that the country is used, and rule a country. "

1923, Hu Shi's definition of "Chinese studies" is that "Chinese studies" is just the abbreviation of "Chinese studies" in our eyes. All the past cultural history of China is our' national heritage'; The study of all this past history and culture is called "national heritage research" and "national studies" in the province.

In 2008, Qian Mu's Introduction to Chinese Studies was published, which actually said, "One of the' Chinese Studies' has not been passed down before and will not be established in the future", "It is really difficult to tell which ones should be classified as Chinese Studies and which ones are not", and "it is necessary to adopt the general idea of Liang's academic introduction in Qing Dynasty and describe them in stages". Mr. Qian's "self-denial and self-surrender" had to adopt Liang Qichao's viewpoint and take China's thoughts of past dynasties as the main line.

Mr. Qian's "self-denial" is really an objective presentation of the concept of "Chinese studies".

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In fact, the word "Sinology" did not originate in China, but was first put forward by Japanese literary circles in order to "save Sinology".

18 Around the 1920s, Japanese native culture was conscious, and "China's four great scholars", such as Harumi Hotan, He, Kenji Xuan, and Duyin Hirata, tried to get rid of the influence of China culture to the greatest extent. He Tian Man Chun even suggested to Tokugawa Jizong to set up the China School to explain Japanese classicism by opposing Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. During the Edo period, sinology in Japan was famous for its pursuit of Shinto thought, which was inherent in Japan and was not influenced by foreign countries.

/kloc-at the end of 0/9, stimulated by the spread of western learning to the east and Europeanization, Japanese academic circles reflected and re-recognized their own culture from the world cultural pattern, and once again issued the voice of "Sinology". Since then, the word "Sinology" has become popular in modern times.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, western learning spread to the east, and social and cultural transformation, a large number of domestic scholars went to the East to study, "learning from foreigners to control foreigners." Japanese "Sinology" naturally infected and stimulated China people in similar situations.

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