Hello, can you tell me how the study of ancient Chinese linguistics differs from that of the West?

The simplest thing is that the cultural background is different. For the development of Chinese and Western linguistics, the 19th century was an era of inheritance and succession. On the basis of the inheritance of the research results of the previous generation, the research horizon was expanded to include cross-linguistic research and reference, which was particularly obvious in the West. With the introduction of Sanskrit, the western historical comparative linguistics came into being, which was new and innovative in language research methods, research theories and language applications, prompting the rapid development of linguistics and laying a good foundation for the development of structural linguistics. Chinese linguistics further perfected ancient linguistics, i.e. phonetics, philology, and exegesis. Inspired by Western grammar, systematic grammatical research began on this basis, thus starting the trend of studying Chinese grammar. The study of Chinese and Western linguistics began to enter a new era.