Sinology can be translated as "Guo Xue" and "Sinology" (meaning China Studies or Sinology). Nowadays, Sinology generally refers to a unique and complete cultural and academic system based on pre-Qin Confucian Classics and hundred schools of thought, covering Confucian Classics in Han Dynasty, Metaphysics in Wei and Jin Dynasties, Neo-Confucianism in Song and Ming Dynasties, Parallel Prose in Six Dynasties, Poetry in Tang and Song Dynasties, Novels in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and Historiography in Past Dynasties. Therefore, in a broad sense, China's ancient and modern culture and scholarship include China's ancient history, thought, philosophy, geography, politics, economy, painting and calligraphy, music, Yi-ology, martial arts, medicine, astrology, architecture and so on. They are all involved in Chinese studies.

The so-called Chinese studies now include China's ancient thoughts, philosophy, science, technology, history, geography, politics, economy, calligraphy and painting, music, martial arts, medicine, astrology, architecture and many other aspects. The name of "Sinology" began in the late Qing Dynasty. At that time, European and American academics entered China under the names of "New Learning" and "Western Learning". In contrast, people call China's inherent knowledge "old learning", "middle school" or "national studies".

Sinology can also refer to China's ancient theory. Among them, the pre-Qin philosophers are the representatives, and their thoughts and theories have far-reaching influence on the traditional culture of China. They formed the thoughts of military strategists, legalists, Mohists, Confucianists and Taoists. These thoughts discuss how to govern the country from different aspects. It had a far-reaching influence on the rulers of past dynasties, and gradually formed China's traditional cultural concept.

Scholar Li and others believe that it is generally believed that the definition of Chinese studies refers to the literature of a country. Similarly, the national language is called "Mandarin", the national language is called "Chinese" and the national anthem is called "National Anthem". He believes that China has always been famous for its literature in history, and its genres include ancient prose, poetry, ci, songs, fu, novels, music and songs. , including history, thought, philosophy, geography, politics, economy and even calligraphy and painting, music, Yi-ology, martial arts, medicine, astrology, architecture and so on. These arts and cultures belong to the category of literature, which is obviously different from western "scientific" works. It is more appropriate to call these arts and cultures Chinese studies. Similarly, Chinese studies can be called in any country, such as India and Egypt. Therefore, the vocabulary of Chinese studies generally refers to the literature of a country.