“六艺”中的“射艺教育”

The "Archery Education" in the "Six Arts"

"射艺"是西周时期六艺教育的重要内容。夏商时期"射艺"教育萌芽并初步发展,出现了专门教习射艺的场所及特定专职人员。西周时期国家大事"惟祀与戎",射艺教育被赋予了新的内容,更加强调了礼乐教化和军事训练的功能,除了礼乐教化的作用外,也在于使贵族阶级的射箭水平有所提高,以备战场上的需要,深层意义上也是为军事的需要而服务的。

The ＂Archery Art＂ was one of the important contents of the ＂Six Arts＂ education in the Western Zhou Dynasty. During the Xia and Shang Dynasties the ＂Archery Art＂ emerged and had initial development, and the special grounds for teaching and practicing archery and special archery educational personnel were set. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, ＂the most important national affairs were nothing but the sacrifice and warfare＂, and the archery education was assigned new contents; in addition to the ritual and etiquette functions, the archery education also raised the fighting abilities of the elite classes to prepare for the battles, therefore its in-depth importance was to meet the military demands.