A Historical Account of Chinese Grammar Studies in Japan

Chinese language grammar studies in Japan can be traced back to 350 years ago at the times of Edo(1600-1868).Japanese sinologists of this time devoted their main efforts to the studies of the classical Chinese literature and the auxiliary words and the function words in the classical Chinese documents.To study the history of Chinese language grammar studies in Japan will help us better understand the history and the achievements of the overseas development of sinology,which in turn can help us find a better way to know the domestic Chinese grammar studies.