从古代文学作品看传统体育的历史与精神——《体育古文》前言

The History and Spirits of Traditional Sports Embodied in Traditional Literature Works——preface to Ancient Chinese Literature Works on Sports and Games

中国古代文学中反映体育活动的作品很多,诗、词、曲、赋、散文、小说各种体裁的都有,时间从先秦至近代,关于体育活动的类型涉及各种球类及击壤、投壶及赛马、射箭、击剑、角抵、相扑、武术、游泳、赛跑、跳远、拔河、滑雪、钓鱼、围棋及妇女儿童的踢毽子、放风筝等。它们不仅生动地反映了古代各个时期一些体育活动进行的场面,参加活动者及观看者的思想情绪、精神状态,而且也反映出中国传统体育的文化内涵和基本精神。从事体育专业工作的人们和体育爱好者可以从中看到一部生动具象的中国古代体育史,同时对中国传统体育的文化内涵有更深的体会。

Many works in ancient Chinese literature （from Pre-Qin to the modern times）, ranging in genre from pomes, Ci, Qu, Fu, prose, and novels, made descriptions of the sports and games people engaged in. The types of sports and games mentioned include ball games and Jirang, the game of throwing stuffs into the pot and horsing racing, archery, fencing, Jiao Di, sumo, Martial art, swimming, racing, long-jump, tug of war, skiing, fishing, the I-go, shuttlecock kicking and flying kite. These literature works not only showed vivid pictures of sports activities in different periods, thoughts, emotions and the spiritual states of the participants and the audiences, but also embodied the cultural connotations and the basic spirits of Chinese traditional sports. From these works, professionals in the sports field and sports enthusiasts can get to know the history of Chinese traditional sports and gain better understanding of the cultural connotations of the Chinese traditional sports.