Chapter 10 Chapter 8 Sportsman's Demeanor

In the past, Lord Wen Hui praised Pao Ding's skill in unblocking cattle, and Pao Ding's words were what the minister liked, and the way is also close to the skill.These words can explain the spirit of the modern movement. People who advocate sports think that sports can improve personal and national physical health.Yes, healthy physical strength is the basis for success in a lifetime of hard work; if everyone's physical strength does not develop, the vitality of the nation will weaken. The ancient Greeks believed that a healthy mind resides in a healthy body.It's also deeply theoretical.The body is unhealthy, and the mind is prone to sickness.There are too many examples in history, biography, and psychology.

In modern American universities, it is believed that sports can develop everyone's feelings and loyalty to their own school during competition, and cultivate a common sense and life within the group.This theory is already narrower and inferior.There is a little more expansion than this, that is, the sports competition between cities and the sports competition between countries.Since the end of the nineteenth century, the West revived the atmosphere of the Greek Olympic Games, and many international games have been produced for this reason. In fact, from the point of view of inaction, from the point of view of pure beauty, how many fit men and women show their well-developed bodies and trained postures, like a dragon leaping through the gate of heaven, on a beautiful day and under the sun Flying like a tiger crouching and a phoenix to show off in front of a large and enthusiastic audience, it can also produce a natural beauty.

These are all correct, but the essence of the movement is more than that.He has a more moral meaning, which is to cultivate an upright attitude in life on the sports field, to cultivate a bright political culture, and to cultivate a good national character.This is what I call athletic demeanor. To develop sportsmanship, one must first understand the struggle between gentlemen.A gentleman will shoot if he has nothing to fight for.Yi Yi yields to ascend, descends to drink, and fights to be a gentleman.What a light, what a grace.The word "fairplay" in English is probably best translated as a dispute between gentlemen.His origin is also from sports; but its meaning is extended to all the ways of being in the world and treating people.Sports are to observe certain rules, and to seek victory through open competition under the watchful eyes of all eyes; therefore, all unsightly attitudes, backstabbing and backstabbing, and the psychology of taking advantage of small things behind the scenes are all harmful. When repelling.Foul actions, though they may be victorious and unnoticed by the referee, are ones that the gracious sportsman disdains as a shame.When I was studying at the Graduate School of Princeton University in the United States, I watched a grand football match between Princeton University and Yale University.It's a big deal in college sports in the Eastern United States.Both teams are strong teams, winning or losing for the All-Americans.In a Christian country, they had a prayer during the swearing-in ceremony the night before the game.There is a line in the prayer of the Princeton team: We pray for victory, but we pray for clean actions.I was very moved by this sentence.

A sportsman with grace must have the spirit of admitting defeat.A gentleman does not complain about heaven and others, and sportsmen are just such gentlemen.Follow the righteous way, why lose any complaints.I only blame myself for losing; I will come again next time after I have improved and enriched.If someone wins, it is because he has good skills, I can only admire him; scolding him is not only boring, but also shameless.The people of advanced countries in Europe and the United States are very rich in the spirit of admitting defeat because of the training they have received on the sports field.This spirit has been brought from the sports arena to the political arena.For example, this Roosevelt-Wilkie campaign.During the campaign, although they criticized each other, after the election was announced, Roosevelt received the first congratulatory telegram, which was sent by Wilkie.The general idea of ​​this congratulatory message is: Our policy, before being made public to the people, now the people choose yours, I sincerely congratulate you on your success. (In fact, after every election, the losers do this. Whether there is a problem between victory or defeat is always determined by the congratulatory telegram of the defeat.) This is the same spirit as the winner and loser shaking hands across the net after the tennis finale.After Wilkie failed this time, he also helped Roosevelt in various diplomatic activities, all of which were based on the country.This is also commendable.The political losers in China think that even Lao Tzu will fail, and everyone is blind.If you don't ask me, is there still something to be done in the world?

A personable athlete not only has the spirit of admitting defeat, but also has the mind to transcend victory and defeat.To compete, of course you want to win, and to compete, of course you want to set a record.But a well-cultivated athlete must reach a state where gains and losses are indifferent.Everyone races, but only one is first, this is what Paul said.Records are used only to test the limits of human possibility.Not to mention Owens' record of running 100 meters in 10.3 seconds, and his record of 8 meters. Can it cover more distance than a train, a car, or a fire-breathing chaser that now flies at more than four hundred miles an hour?It can be seen that manpower is very limited, and our emphasis is not on this.The emphasis of sports is on the spirit of sports.Victory is always welcome, but defeat is also gratifying, which is one of the important sports spirits.Otherwise, you will become a resentful villain!Athletes certainly understand that sports are compulsory performances; knowing this, they have to work hard, which is also a rare spirit.

A man of grace is a man of his word and of his deeds.The oath is held in the sports meeting, which means this.Running out of battle, giving up halfway, is not what an athlete should be.The spirit of long-term responsibilities and perseverance should be manifested by athletes. Therefore, those who fall behind in the race and have no hope of winning the prize, but still strive to finish, are those with perseverance.Everyone was overwhelmed with encouragement, and there must be no booing that is common in Chinese sports fields. Tangerine moved to Huaibei and turned into trifoliate.Many Western things will deteriorate when they come to China, and sports are no exception.Sports culture has only been in China for 30 to 40 years, and it has only flourished in the past ten years. This culture is very helpful to the health and physical strength of young people, but it is a pity that they have not yet surpassed the scope of school youths.However, the spirit of sports is not only underdeveloped in China, but also often not understood, and even misunderstood.When playing the ball, look for the opponent's master, try to kick him first, and then try to succeed.After losing, they refused to admit defeat, saying that the judges were unfair, but flocked to beat them.Although this kind of thing is gradually decreasing, it is still heard from time to time.I remember that in the early years of the Republic of China, two certain universities in Shanghai became feuds because of a football match.One of the principals is an old gentleman who speaks Chinese culture and is very well-bred; only when playing football, he is extremely angry: when the school team starts a game elsewhere, he takes a chair and sits next to the phone, ( At that time, there were no telephones on the desk,) sending people to report by phone constantly near the stadium.When he said on the phone that he had won a goal, he couldn't help laughing alone; when he said that he had lost a goal, he burst into tears.Before the start of the competition, the students of the two schools hid the small flags of a certain school by their side; when the other side failed, they pulled out the small flags and shouted wildly; .If the opponent comes to the school and fails the competition, they will be sent out ironically with firecrackers and a military band.If the opponent wins, send a hiss of resentment and jealousy.This is true on both sides, without exception.The movement has evolved to this point, and the spirit of the movement has been wiped out.

The trend of professional sports is also present in Europe and the United States, and educators often criticize it as a deep warning.This trend is more popular in the United States.For example, baseball expert Babe Ruth has become a "big man" in the country.Ball teachers in universities are paid more than any professor; this salary is often paid by admission ticket revenue or alumni donations.This phenomenon that is waiting to be corrected in the West can easily spread to China.In the past, some schools have supported several players for a long time.This is the original player system.Players have special tables and meals in the dining room.There is a sportsman who stayed in the sixth grade one after another, and he will not be expelled according to the rules, because he can win glory for the school!Later, the athlete who repeated six times was reduced to working as a horse trainer in the Shanghai racetrack, riding a horse for champagne gambling.This is the inevitable result.This not only loses the meaning of sports, but also loses the entire educational significance. How is this different from Spanish bull hunting?

May I ask what kind of influence this kind of atmosphere and training brings to the political society? I don’t say that the phenomenon of secret strife, resentment and jealousy in the Chinese political society is caused by the movement in this embryonic period, which is very unfair. if.We should not give up eating because of choking.I cite these unfortunate examples in the hope that everyone will correct wrong concepts and actively cultivate the political morality of the nation from the sports field! After the national calamity, some people opposed the modern movement, either from the point of view of the quintessence of the country, or from the point of view of the economy, and tried their best to promote the national art.Now sports in schools are too costly and aristocratic, why not boxing.This kind of statement is often heard, but I dare not agree with it.He Ze, because Chinese boxing is fundamentally contrary to the spirit of modern sports, and runs counter to the road of modernization that the country wants to embark on.I admit that Chinese boxing can exercise the body and is very useful.Older or weaker people can't do strenuous exercise. A set of Tai Chi can move their muscles, bones and blood vessels, which can improve their health. Naturally, they have nothing to oppose.If boxing is to be promoted as a national general physical training, there will be problems, because it lacks group character, and it is an individual sport.At most, it's just playing pairs and pushing hands.I read a lot of martial arts novels when I was young, and I know that the reason why many heroes of the rivers and lakes win is all due to conspiracy.When fighting in the arena, he often takes advantage of people's unpreparedness, kicks the opponent's breastplate with a flying kick, and kicks with two kicks, which ends in the opponent's life.It is also a barbaric act for foreign boxers to fight in the ring, and I definitely don't approve of it.But after someone knocks down the opponent, they should stop immediately, let the referee score dozens of times in a row, and when they still can't get up after the tenth time, it is considered a loss.After Duanwu was knocked down, there was no reason to kick him in the stomach.In Chinese martial arts novels, as far as I remember, there is probably only one person who still has the demeanor of a sportsman, and that is the white-faced 狻猊 Ganliang in Shi Gongan.Gan Liang Jinbiao's technique is excellent, and he hits every shot with a hundred hits, so he has three small bells on his mark, engraved with his name, which means that I will give you a mark, and let you know first.Writers of novels also advocated him very much, saying that his bright attitude made him become an immortal later on.As for the so-called inner strength judo boxing?Apart from his chain of qi and other mysterious things, his basic spirit is feminine.The basic concept he gives you is how to avoid, how to play tricks, not to let you have an aggressive spirit, but to teach you how to make the opponent's strength fall short.He also has a set of theories, similar to Huang Lao's philosophy.But is this theory suitable for cultivating strong and enterprising group youth?Another layer is that the spirit of Chinese martial arts is incompatible with the modern army building movement.A modern army must believe in the capabilities of scientific weapons and pay attention to coordinated movements in all aspects. Is there any reason to teach people to hover alone?Since Xifengkou's action of touching the camp in the dark at night has made some gains, many drum-ci style writers have desperately advocated the Broadsword Team, as if the Broadsword Team can fly planes and be used as cannons.As far as the wind goes, people are often seen flying with big knives at the train station.There is a lot of danger in this trend, and it can make many people return to the concept of Iron Bushan Yihequan.The lessons learned from the blood of the enemy's war of resistance over the past few years, I think this anti-epochal concept should be broken!Once when we were discussing summer camp courses in Chongqing, General Chen Cixiu ticked off the national martial arts.At that time, he said: The country wants to build an army, and the nature of this subject is incompatible with him.I think this is in line with the modern spirit.

I am not saying that all kinds of Western sports are good and can be adopted.Never, never.For example, the method of fighting in the foreign arena, I think it is barbaric.I think that what Western sports should be promoted in China is English football, which is already popular in China.He has many advantages, the most important thing is that he pays attention to coordinated movements and is full of group nature.There are eleven people on each side, and each has a position, but when they move, they become an indivisible whole.Success is the success of all, and failure is the failure of all.Otherwise, the goalkeeper is really wronged. When scoring the enemy's goal, it is the striker who gets the limelight and has nothing to do with him; but he is responsible for his own goal being scored.There is such an injustice in the world. I don't know that the best striker is not the one who keeps hitting the enemy's goal without letting go of the ball.The best players must be good at passing and not hesitate to let others attack.This is the spirit of success without ego, and this is also the most valuable sportsman's demeanor!

The efforts of governments and educators to promote sports are not in vain.They want to strengthen the national physique, improve the national morality and cultivate a sound national character on the sports field.Because the playing field is an automatic educational place.He can make people unconsciously contribute their whole body and soul to receive the baptism of education.He not only supplemented but expanded modern education. There are many reasons for advocating the modern movement besides those mentioned above.It is also true that sport fosters the spirit of adventure, fosters passionate emotions, liberates surplus energy, and at the same time replaces bad appetites.But from the perspective of life philosophy, the demeanor of a sportsman is the way for sports to advance from skill.

The demeanor of a sportsman is manifested in life, which is a solemn, fair, harmonious and enterprising life.A man of sportsmanship would rather have a bright failure than a dishonorable success!