The CCGC faculty study the formation, development and dissemination of the texts and thoughts of Confucian classics (such as The Book of Changes, the Book of Songs, etc.) and excavated texts in a diachronic context, as well as their overseas teaching and transmission.

The CCGC faculty study the spread and influence of Confucianism classics and Chinese Buddhism in Japan.

The CCGC faculty study China's political, cultural, and social changes, as well as its foreign exchanges in the late imperial and early republic era.

The CCGC faculty collate and study Confucian classics, historical books (such as Shiji) and related excavated documents, especially focusing on their textual details and historical significance.

The CCGC faculty translate the popular works (in the field of philosophy, history, philology, etc.) of contemporary Sinologists from the Western countries who are active in international academic community into Chinese.