Sinology originally refers to national universities, such as imperial academy and imperial academy. Sinology refers to the theory of learning, which originated from the historical period of western learning spreading to the east and cultural transformation. It rose in the early 20th century and flourished in1920s. In Chinese mainland, after the Cultural Revolution, the freedom of thought and learning gradually recovered, and the academic space of China traditional culture gradually expanded. Since 1980s, "Chinese studies" have been revived.
The theory of "Chinese studies" came into being in the historical period of western learning spreading to the east and cultural transformation. Strictly speaking, the academic circles have not given us a unified and clear definition of Chinese studies so far. Famous experts have different opinions, but they can't agree. Generally speaking, Deng Shi, the quintessence of Chinese culture, wrote in 1906: "What is a China scholar? 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. Learning to be excellent is an official, learning to be excellent is an official, and governing the country is safe. " Lecture on Chinese Studies, Chinese Cooking Magazine. 19) Mr. Deng's concept of Chinese studies is very broad, but he mainly emphasizes the practicality of Chinese studies.
Chinese studies should be divided into philosophy, history, religion, literature, customs, textual research, ethics, edition and so on. , with Confucian philosophy as the mainstream; Ideologically, it should be divided into three schools: pre-Qin philosophers, Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism. Confucianism runs through and dominates the history of China's thoughts, and everything else is subordinate. Sinology is divided into four parts: classics, history, philosophy and history, but the classics and philosophers are the main ones, especially the classics. It is divided into primary school, Confucian classics, history, philosopher and literature by Zhang Taiyan, a master of Chinese studies.
Zhang Taiyan said in Introduction to Chinese Studies: The noumenon of Chinese Studies is classic non-myth, classic non-religion and historical non-fiction; The method of governing the country is to distinguish the authenticity of secretaries, to know primary schools, to know geography, to know the changes of human feelings in ancient and modern times, and to use literary talents.
Deng Shi, the quintessence of Chinese culture, said, "What 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. " (Lectures on Chinese Studies, China Cooking Magazine,No. 19)