Abstract: At late Qing Dynasty and early Republican China, the Sinology academic community was gradually established, and the academic paradigm was formed. Therefore the Sinology discipline was set up. Since 1980s, the Sinology academic community has had its alteration, with which the paradigm has been changed, and it means the revolutionary progress in Sinology discipline. In the interview, Cao Shunqing put forward his own opinions on the disciplinary appellation and construction, academic self-discipline and frontiers, and the role played by Chinese scholars and their functions in such a newly formed academic community, and gave us a thread running through the development of the Sinology community from its beginning, succession, alteration and the mutual recognition.