“武舞”概念考辨——兼与于志筠先生商榷

Examination on the Concept of Wushu Dance——Discussion with Mr. Yu Zhiyun

体育学界普遍认为武舞与武术起源有着密不可分的联系,但于志筠先生提出了两者并无关联之异见,问题根源在于对武舞概念的不同理解。在呈现武舞概念存在多元并存现象的同时,对武舞概念的演化历程进行梳理。通过研究可知,"武舞"之称首见于南朝刘宋时期,由周代"大武"之舞衍化而来,发展成为与文舞相对应的雅乐舞蹈体系。武舞在发展过程中不断吸收俗乐成分,泾渭分明的雅俗界限逐渐模糊,概念外延也不断扩大。于志筠先生的观点忽略了武舞在发展过程中体系不断扩大、雅俗界限趋于模糊的历史事实,将武舞框定于雅乐体系之中,抹杀了武舞发展的动态性。

The academic community of sports generally believes that Wushu dance （a kind of dance with typical features of martial arts） is closely related to the origin of martial arts, but Mr. Yu Zhiyun contested that both are irrelevant; the root cause is different understandings over the concept of Wushu dance.The evolution course of its concept was clearly reviewed while presenting the multiple concepts of Wuwu. This thesis found that the term of ＂ Wushu dance＂ can he dated back to the Liu Song Period of South Dynasty, which was derived from the dance of ＂ Dawu＂ （a kind of dance） in the Zhou Dynasty and gradually evolved into the Yayue （elegant music） dance system corresponding to ＂ Wenwu＂ （a kind of dance）. In the course of the evolvement, Wushu dance continuously absorbed the elements of folk music, the clear boundary hetween elegance and vulgarity gradually hlurred and the extension of its concept was also widened. Mr. Yu Zhiyun＇s view overlooked the historical facts that the system of Wushu dance was expanded and the clear boundary between elegance and vulgarity gradually blurred duriug evolvement, but confined Wushu dance to the framework of Yayue system and obliterated the dynamic evolvement of Wushu dance.