What are the four-word words about "Chinese studies"?

There are four words about "national studies": a hundred schools of thought contend, a hundred schools of poems in Tang and Song Dynasties, the spread of western learning to the east, traditional culture and parallel prose in the Six Dynasties.

Sinology is based on pre-Qin classics and a hundred schools of thought, covering a complete cultural and academic system, 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, pre-Qin poetry, parallel prose in Six Dynasties, poetry in Tang and Song Dynasties, Yuan songs and novels in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and historiography of past dynasties. In the history of China, "Sinology" refers to the official school headed by "imperial academy". Since "Western learning spread to the east", it generally refers to "China traditional ideological and cultural scholarship".

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With regard to the definition of Chinese studies, apart from the basic definition, the academic circles have not yet made a unified and clear definition on the specific definition.

Generally speaking, Sinology, also known as Sinology or China Studies, refers to the traditional culture and scholarship of China. Chinese studies include China's ancient philosophy, history, religion, literature, customs, textual research, ethics, traditional Chinese medicine, agriculture, martial arts, geography, politics, economy, painting and calligraphy, music, architecture and many other aspects.

The concept of "Chinese studies" came into being in19th century. At that time, the improvement trend of "western learning spreading to the east" was in full swing. In order to oppose western learning, Zhang Zhidong and Wei Yuan put forward the concept of "middle school" (the study of China), and advocated that "middle school should be the body and western learning should be used" in order to learn western civilization and restore Confucian classics in Han Dynasty.

Sinology, based on pre-Qin classics and hundred schools of thought, covers a set of unique and complete 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 Pre-Qin Dynasty, poems in Six Dynasties, poems in Tang and Song Dynasties, Yuan Qu, novels in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and historiography in past dynasties.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-China Research