Sinology
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Sinology, also referred to as China studies, is a subfield of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on China. It is an academic discipline that focuses on the study of the Chinese civilization primarily through Chinese language, history, culture, literature, philosophy, art, music, cinema, and science. Its origin "may be traced to the examination which Chinese scholars made of their own civilization."[1]
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Traditional Chinese | 漢學 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 汉学 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vietnamese | Hán học | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hangul | 한학 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hanja | 漢學 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kanji | 漢学 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hiragana | かんがく | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Katakana | カナガク | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The academic field of sinology often refers to Western scholarship. Until the 20th century, it was historically seen as equivalent to philology concerning the Chinese classics and other literature written in the Chinese language.[2] Since, the scope of sinology has expanded to include Chinese history, palaeography, among other subjects.