1, Liang Qichao

A famous scholar in China, one of the four professors of Tsinghua University Sinology Research Institute, a modern educator, historian, writer, thinker and politician in China, a leader of the Reform Movement of 1898, and a representative of the New Legalists.

Liang Qichao was one of the first important figures who advocated the concept of Sinology in the early 20th century. He wrote a lot in his life, and he has profound attainments and insights in almost all academic fields such as literature, history, philosophy and Buddhism. His main works are China Historical Research Law and Xinmin Theory.

2. Zhang Taiyan

Modern democratic revolutionist, thinker and famous scholar, whose research scope covers elementary school, history, philosophy and politics. , wrote a lot.

As a master of Chinese studies, Zhang Taiyan hosted a workshop on Chinese studies in Suzhou on 1935, which mainly taught Chinese studies, that is, the academic culture of China. His works on China's traditional culture include An Introduction to China's Traditional Culture, On the Balance of National Heritage, New Dialect and Shi Wen. He has made great achievements in many fields of China studies, especially in literature, history and linguistics, and is regarded as the first person to study China.

3. Wang Guowei

China is a well-known scholar who enjoys an international reputation at the intersection of modern times and modern times. Wang Guowei was the first to study philosophy and aesthetics by combining western philosophy and aesthetics with China's classical philosophy and aesthetics, and formed a unique aesthetic thought.

Then it is to attack the lyrics and operas, and then it is to treat history, ancient philology and archaeology. In historiography, Wang Guowei is the pioneer of new historiography, opening up a new dimension of historiography. In addition, he has profound thoughts and innovations in education, philosophy, literature, drama, aesthetics and ancient literature.

4. Chen Yinque

China is a rare figure who is a historian, a classical literature researcher, a linguist and a poet in modern times.

He has devoted himself to historical research for a long time, covering a wide range. He has made important contributions to the history of Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui and Tang Dynasties, religious history (especially Buddhism), the history of various nationalities in the western regions, Mongolian history, ancient linguistics, Dunhuang studies, China classical literature and historical methods. He is the author of A Brief Discussion on the Origin of Sui and Tang Systems, On the Political History of the Tang Dynasty, and Bai Yuan's Poems.

5. Qian Zhongshu

Master of modern Chinese studies ranks in the top ten, China literature researcher and modern writer. Qian Zhongshu has made outstanding achievements in literary research and creation, especially in sublating China's traditional culture scientifically and drawing lessons from foreign cultures selectively, which has important enlightenment significance.

Qian Zhongshu 1932 met Jiang Yang in front of Gu Yue Hall in Tsinghua University, 1937 received a bachelor's degree from Exeter College of Oxford University, 1947 published the classic novel Fortress Besieged, and 1958 wrote Selected Notes on Song Poetry, which was included in the reading series of China classical literature.

6. Feng Youlan

A representative figure of China's ideological circle in the 20th century, and a top ten master of modern Chinese studies. He taught at the China Institute in Tsinghua University. He accepted everything, inherited and expounded the tradition of Neo-Confucianism, and drew lessons from the achievements of modern western philosophy to build a unique neo-Confucian philosophical system.

His History of China's Philosophy is another widely influential work on the history of China's philosophy after Hu Shi's Outline of China's Philosophy, which represents the highest level of research on the history of China's philosophy in 1930s.

7. Huang Kan

What are the masters of Chinese studies? Huang Kan is a famous linguist, master of Chinese studies and democratic revolutionary in modern China. Huang Kan studied under Zhang Taiyan, and his knowledge of writing, phonology and exegetics was as far away as Han and Tang Dynasties, and as close as Gan family. He had unique opinions and formed his own family. In phonology, ancient sounds are classified according to the actual pronunciation at that time. In his later years, he mainly engaged in the study of exegetics.

Huang Kan has a lot of works, including Shuo Wen lue Shuo, Er Ya lue Shuo, Ji Lei Biao, Wen Xin Diao Long Zhu, Ri Zhi Lu Zhu and so on.

8. Liu

Liu is a famous scholar in China. He has written 74 monographs, covering Confucian classics (focusing on primary schools and Zuo Zhuan), history (initiating the modern academic history of China) and literature (advocating the Six Dynasties and maintaining the parallel prose literature system of Yangzhou School).

As a master of Confucian classics, he inherited Zuo Jia's studies and was good at absorbing the research methods and achievements of modern western social sciences into the study of traditional culture in China, which opened up a new realm of traditional culture research and achieved fruitful results. When he was in Japan, he was as famous as Zhang Taiyan, and there was also a saying of "second uncle" at that time.

9. Gu Hongming

Gu Hongming, a scholar of Chinese and western cultures, is known as the "eccentric hero of the late Qing Dynasty". Proficient in English, French, German, Latin and other 9 languages, and obtained 13 doctoral degrees. He was the first person in China who was proficient in western science, language and oriental Chinese studies in modern times.

He translated three of the Four Books: The Analects of Confucius, The Doctrine of the Mean and The University, and wrote English books such as China Oxford Movement and China Spirit. He is keen to publicize the culture and spirit of the East to westerners and has a great influence. Westerners once described it like this: You can't go to China without seeing the Three Great Halls, but you must see Gu Hongming.

10, Qian Mu

A famous historian and thinker in modern times, a master of China traditional culture, an academician of Academia Sinica, and a distinguished researcher of the Palace Museum. China academic circles respect him as a "great master", and some scholars even call him the last scholar-bureaucrat and master of Chinese studies in China. Qian Mu has written a lot, with more than 80 monographs.

He carried forward China's traditional culture all his life and held high the banner of modern neo-Confucianism, which had a great influence in Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan. His representative works include The Years of the Pre-Qin Scholars, The Academic History of China in Recent 300 Years, etc.