武术概念刍议

A Preliminary Study of the Concept of Wushu

本文运用历史学、逻辑学的研究方法,围绕武术的概念问题,对它的本质属性、内容形式进行了探讨。并系统地考察了自三十年代开始武术正式成为近代体育项目以来,不同时期人们对它认识的异同。通过这种对研究对象的内涵、外延以及历史、现状的比较、分析,来确定我们今天对武术的概念认识,进而在这基础上按照逻辑学的要求对武术作出定义。

The concept of wushu (martial arts), alongside its essence, form and content, is studied in the light ofhistory and logic. Meanwhile, a systematic review is made on the changes of concept in different periodsduring the half century since wushu formally became a modern sport event in the 1930s, By comparing thepresent with the past, a definition of wushu can be derived on a logical basis.