traditional Chinese learning; pre-modern scholarship
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traditional Chinese scholarship; classical learning prior to Western influence
formal常与“新学”“西学”对举，用以指称清代以前以儒家经典为核心的学术体系，或学者所具备的传统治学功底。
Zhè这
wèi位
lǎo老
xiān先
sheng生
jiù旧
xué学
gōng功
dǐ底
hěn很
shēn深
。
This elderly gentleman possesses a profound foundation in traditional Chinese scholarship.
Tā他
zǎo早
nián年
bì毕
yè业
yú于
jiù旧
xué学
sī私
shú塾
，
hòu后
lái来
cái才
jiē接
chù触
xī西
xué学
。
He graduated from a traditional private school in his early years and only later came into contact with Western learning.
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Qīng清
mò末
mín民
chū初
，
jiù旧
xué学
yǔ与
xīn新
xué学
zhī之
jiān间
de的
lùn论
zhēng争
chí持
xù续
le了
jǐ几
shí十
nián年
。
From the late Qing to the early Republican period, the debate between traditional learning and new learning lasted for decades.