北洋大学堂首次体育竞赛考

First Sports Meetings at Peiyang University

北洋大学堂既是近代中国本土大学的开端,亦是近代较早开展体育竞赛的官办大学,但学界既有研究成果中并未对北洋大学堂首次校内及校际体育竞赛的举办时间形成统一的认识。基于此,研究运用文献资料法与逻辑分析法,在科学选取检索关键词的基础上,运用中英文近代电子史料数据库,对近代与北洋大学堂体育竞赛有关的史料进行梳理与研判,继而确认北洋大学堂首次校内及校际体育竞赛的举办时间。研究认为:根据现有史料,北洋大学堂首次举办校内体育竞赛的时间是1897年11月27日,比赛设有12个运动项目,共计170余人参与。北洋大学堂首次举办校际体育竞赛的时间是1899年5月20日,比赛设有11个运动项目,参赛学校有北洋大学堂、芦汉铁路学堂与天津水师学堂。同时,鉴于北洋大学堂特殊的历史地位以及首次校内体育竞赛的举办时间,1897年11月27日,由北洋大学堂开展的校内体育竞赛亦可视为近代中国本土大学体育竞赛的开端。

Peiyang University marks the beginning of modern Chinese higher education.It is also one of the first governmentrun universities to carry out sporting events in modern times.However,there is disagreement on when Peiyang University held its first intramural and first intercollegiate athletic games.Using a combination of literature review,logical analysis,and keyword search in Chinese and English modern history databases,this study examines the historical materials related to the modern-time sports competitions at Peiyang University,and confirms the exact time of its first intramural and intercollegiate sporting events.The paper concludes that:according to historical materials,Peiyang University held its first intramural sports meeting on November 27th,1897.The competition included 12 sports and a total of more than 170 participants.The university held its first intercollegiate event on May 20th,1899,where the teams from Peiyang University,Luhan Railway College and Tientsin Naval College competed in 11 sports.Considering Peiyang’s historical role and the actual dates of these games,the first intramural meeting held at Peiyang University on November 27th,1897 can be regarded as the origin of China’s university sports competitions in modern times.