This article points out studies in Chinese linguistics in Korea tend to heavily rely on text materials from the past Many Korean scholars think only canonical texts, such as Shuowen jiezi and Qieyun, are worth conducting research on They often ignore non-textual Chinese language resources, such as modern dialects and cultural, social, and psychological aspects of the language Accordingly, this article proposes to expand the domain of Chinese linguistics in Korea from textual studies to non-textual studies It attempts to demonstrate how dialects and cultural interpretation can be combined in a comparative study of Old Chinese and Sino-Korean The arguments of this article are the main goals of the Research Team of Chinese Dialects and Regional Culture at Hanyang University, which won a BK21 governmental grant to foster fine young scholars in the area of Chinese linguistics and literature for 2006-2013