从“武”字的字义转变探析新时代中国武术的价值彰显

An Exploration on the Value of Chinese Wushu in New Era from the Transform of the Meaning of“Wu”

“武”字在其发展中产生了“持戈为武”至“止戈为武”的字义转变,本文借其变化管窥时代思潮与风尚下的由“尚武”到“求和”的价值诉求,并概括出这一思潮下武术外显物态层、制度行为层及心态文化层的表现形式,最后以新时代为背景,探究当今社会需求下武术的价值功能彰显。

The meaning of the Chinese character“wu”has been transformed from“taking the weapon to fight”to“stopping fighting and dropping the weapon”.Through exploring these changes,this paper gets an insight on people’s appeal from pursuing warriors to chasing for harmony,and concludes the manifestation of its external state,regulation and mentality culture of wushu(martial arts).Taking the new era as the background,this paper then aims at exploring wushu’s value in contemporary society.