What are the disadvantages of Chinese studies?

I think the main drawback of sinology is that it is out of date. After all, many of these ideas are long ago, and it is inevitable that they are somewhat incompatible with contemporary society.

Generally speaking, Sinology refers to the traditional culture and scholarship of China with Confucianism as the main body. Since Sinology is a traditional culture and academic in China, it undoubtedly includes medicine, drama, calligraphy and painting, astrology, mathematics, etc. It certainly belongs to the category of Sinology, but it can also be said to be an extension of Sinology.

Sinology originally refers to national universities, such as imperial academy and imperial academy. Sinology refers to the theory of learning, which originated from the historical period of western learning spreading to the east and cultural transformation. It rose in the early 20th century and flourished in1920s. In Chinese mainland, after the Cultural Revolution, the freedom of thought and learning gradually recovered, and the academic space of China traditional culture gradually expanded. Since 1980s, "Chinese studies" have been revived.

The theory of "Chinese studies" came into being in the historical period of western learning spreading to the east and cultural transformation. Strictly speaking, the academic circles have not given us a unified and clear definition of Chinese studies so far.