美国学与中华学都强调反思自身和高扬理性 ,但中华学更致力于以科学理性精神改造中华民族的思维。美国学体现出跨学科性、反思性、地域性等学科特点 ,中华学具有综合性、天人合一性 (即自然地域与民族人文相统一性 )、实践性等学科特质。美国学至今依然是一门松散的学科 ,中华学比之美国学有着明确的理论体系 Both American Studies and Chinese Studies emphasize self-reflection and promotion of reason, but Chinese Studies is more committed to transforming the thinking of the Chinese nation in a scientific and rational spirit. American Studies embodies the interdisciplinary, reflective, regional and other disciplines, Chinese Studies has a comprehensive nature of man and nature (that is, the natural region and the unity of the humanities and the humanities), practicality and other disciplines. American studies are still a loose subject so far, and Chinese studies have a clear theoretical system over American Studies