Research On Gu Yanwu’s Sports Thought

Gu Yanwu was great thinker and patriotic scholar in our country who lived in lateMing and early Qing Dynasty. During all his life, he accomplished great achievements inpolitics, economy, culture, military, history and so on, which affected the society processto some extent. Gu Yanwu’s sports thought was based on certain social background and hispersonal growth experience, and was gradually developed and formed by constantlyknowing and constantly reflecting.Researching on Gu Yanwu’s sports thought, aims at improving the current researchconcerning Gu Yanwu’s thought, riching ancient Chinese sports thoughts, and providingresearch basis and route for the deep research of ancient Suzhou Kunshan sports culture. Inthis paper, researcher uses Gu Yanwu’s life experiences and sports speeches and actions asthe main research object, applying the method of literature, expert interview method,on-the-spot investigation method and logic analysis method, and also applying the thinkingmethod of dialectical materialism and historical materialism, the researcher induces andrefines Gu Yanwu’s sports words and books about martial arts sports,entertainment sportsand health sports, and elaborates the forming reason, history function and the limitation ofGu Yanwu’s sports thought.The results of the research show that: the main content of Gu Yanwu’s sports thoughtcan be refined into six main aspects: both civil and military martial sports thought; puttingsoldiers on farm work of military sports thought; Regular military sports thought; Cuju,Shexiang(a kind of entertainment) sports entertainment thought; horse riding, mountainclimbing, visiting the mausoleum of sports tourism ideas; visiting friends, writing books ofhealth sports thought. Analysis of the formation and development of Gu Yanwu’s sportsthought, five main factors can be summarized as follows: historical factors, family factors,cultural factors, friends influences, and his personal experiences.The research also shows that: the historical effects of Gu Yanwu’s sports thought aremainly as follows: having promoted the development of military sports in later generations;having promoted the development of sports tourism later; having promoted the later development of health sports. The limitations of Gu Yanwu’s sports thought is shown asfollows: Sports aim is limited to be loyal to the Ming emperors; it lacks fullunderstanding of sports functions; the knowledge of the essence of sports tourism andhealth is limited as well.