Why is it important to practice martial arts to incorporate martial virtues?

Traditional Chinese philosophy has profoundly influenced and constructed a specific way of thinking of the Yanhuang race, due to the traditional Chinese philosophy in the way of thinking on the unity of man and heaven, the emphasis on enlightenment and intuition, so the emergence of the use of value to embrace the facts to replace the judgment, and the value of the judgment based on morality, the moral judgment of moral equivalent to replace the knowledge of the objective facts to become a common way of thinking. As a result, in real life, more emphasis is placed on experience, utility, and light analysis. Expressed in the traditional martial arts is the mystery of boxing, boxing theory, the same way, the teacher as the father, difficult to say will, martial arts self-awareness.

At the same time, traditional Chinese philosophy has a profound impact on the traditional cultural value system, traditional Chinese philosophy attaches special importance to the cultivation of the heart, with ethics as the basis. Whether it is Confucianism's heart, knowledge of nature, knowledge of the heavens, the cultivation of righteousness and righteousness, the Taoist law of heaven, law, law, law of nature; "no self", "no wait" free travel, are all based on noble feelings and aspirations as the fundamental. In particular, Confucianism believes that as an individual, his life is closely related to others and the country, and that the purpose of life is to be a filial son and a good citizen. "A gentleman is concerned with his roots, and his roots are established to the point of being born. Filial piety and fraternal duty are also the essence of benevolence!" Mr. Koo summed up the Chinese character as "gentle and kind". This is because behind the Chinese people is a more noble and respected "responsibility" that plays a greater role than the motive of profit. This responsibility affects people's consciousness and behavior, for the samurai, his personal behavior is on behalf of a family, a sect, or even on behalf of the interests of the country, he has the responsibility to maintain its overall reputation and status, so pay attention to the etiquette, respect for martial arts and morality is incumbent upon them. Samurai is "the world's first worry for worry, after the world's happiness for joy", always to "the world's prosperity and demise, the responsibility of the people" as the principle.

The kernel of traditional philosophy is "ritual". "Rites constitute the general spirit of the state" (France - Montesquieu). Due to the objective social environment of "rites and music", any form of activity, including martial arts activities must be "Zhi Dao, through virtue, according to benevolence, travel in the arts". Otherwise, "there are no rules can not become a circle". The so-called rules are within the scope of activities required by the "rites" of norms. Wushu is precisely under the guidance of this "rite" to establish its own sense of value, and gradually formed the "selection of students and teaching", "strict teacher succession", "respect for teachers", "respect for the way", "the way of the world", "the way of the world", "the way of the world", "the way of the world". respect for teachers and the Way", "martial ethics", "physical and mental training", "martial arts to meet friends", "point to point" and so on. "and other codes of conduct. These behavioral norms and guidelines in the history of combing, cultural precipitation, continuous improvement, enrichment, so that martial arts as a by-product of war in the "State of Manners" melting pot gradually "ritual". At the same time, humility, implicit, and with the national moral concept of "ritual", so that the form of wushu sports also occurred in the pursuit of moral perfection as the focus, ignoring the development of physical and athletic skills, fitness and recreation in the form of sets of forms, ignoring the confrontation of the martial arts form of courage. Confucius believed that only archery competition is the only competition between gentlemen, "The gentleman has nothing to fight for, but must also shoot! Greetings and rise, down and drink. Its competition is also a gentleman". This ideology has a significant impact on the development of martial arts, and to a certain extent restricts the development of the primitive, instinctive aggressiveness of martial arts, limiting the deepening of its function of conquest and fighting. Agricultural society made the Chinese people live in a kind of life focusing on the feelings of the soul, with little or no more utilitarian consciousness. The Chinese honor "honoring one's ancestors", which from a utilitarian point of view is difficult for future generations to give any benefit to their ancestors, and gives only a psychological pleasure that the world can experience. Chinese etiquette, which originated in a country of etiquette and omitted much of the red tape, cannot be compared to Japanese etiquette, but etiquette from the heart is more likely to make people feel the sincerity of the feelings. In this social atmosphere, martial arts gradually moved into the daily lives of the people, with self-care and self-entertainment as the dominant forms, the level of martial arts skills as a means of making people happy, martial arts equipment as an accessory for people to decorate their identities and gates, and martial arts practice as a way to show one's personal ability. In order to meet the needs of society and the needs of people, the alienated wushu has more traditional culture that the people are proud of, such as the routines named after classical doctrines and theories, the contents of the movements arranged by traditional philosophies, and the principles of boxing interpreted by traditional culture, etc. The most important of these is that the routines have become the means to make people happy. The most important of these is the "rites" throughout the routines, such as the opening rite before the exercise, the rite in the exercise, the closing rite, the closing rite, the strict rituals before learning the art of apprenticeship, and the solemn rites when the apprenticeship is completed, and the solemn rites and customs of the creation of the portal. This "ritual" is more to give a person a pleasant feeling of the soul, so that the martial arts is increasingly presented as a ceremonial "sign", but can not produce more practical utilitarian effect.

The Taoist principle of "following the Divine Principle, and fixing its solidity" further consolidates and emphasizes the attributes of both physical and mental cultivation in the martial arts. Zhuangzi - Keeping in Good Health" pointed out that "my life is also the end of the world, and knowledge is also the end of the world, with the end of the world with the end of the world carry on, Critical". Taoism's "subconsciousness and tranquility, rest and nothingness" and other ideas suppressed the development of the samurai's kind of extroverted, strong and violent attributes, so that it is confined to the feudal tradition of "ritual". The widespread spread and penetration of Buddhism among the people, the four emptiness, karma, the cycle of life and death, and the cultivation of the body have widely and profoundly affected the spiritual kernel of the martial arts, so that the samurai, to a considerable extent, were afraid of the fate that would be rewarded for their evil deeds, and the ethical sense of observing the "rites" and speaking of the "virtues" was y rooted in their ethical consciousness. The ethical consciousness was y rooted in their consciousness.

In ancient China, there are a lot of famous classics about internal cultivation and cultivation of the body, all of which advise people to cultivate both life and death. The Huainanzi - the original Taoist training: "the form, the birth of the She; gas, the birth of the full also; God, the birth of the system also; a loss of position, the three injuries carry on". Therefore, the principle of internal cultivation and cultivation of the body is "to raise its God, and weak its gas, and the level of responsibility for its form", "so that the place of its position, to keep its hide, and shall not be related to each other". In addition, there are also a lot of discussions on internal nourishment and cultivation of the body in the treatises such as "Hug Park Zi", "Zhouyi Sen Tongqi", "Gui Ting Jing", and "Elements of Nutrition", etc. These classics have a strong influence on martial arts, which not only enriched the content of the practice of martial arts and contributed to the scientific nature of martial arts sports, but also provided a direct cultivation of the martial arts practitioners. Therefore, martial arts practitioners also extraordinarily pursue the "external training of sinews and bones and skin, internal training of essence and spirit". The essence of internal cultivation, cultivation is to improve the level of human ethical and moral cultivation, usually do "my day three times to save my own body" in order to cultivate the realm of continuous improvement, to become a modest and modest gentleman, Wen and the transformation.

Ancient China's material civilization at the forefront of the world at the same time, spiritual civilization is also a real model for the world. "Civilization is the state of human intellectual progress." ([Japanese] Fukuzawa Yukichi) Indeed, the development of civilization in ancient China has improved the overall quality of its people, thus forming a good, civilized social environment, even if the martial arts originated from the war, the color of civilization has become stronger.

Throughout the historical process of feudal society, Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism trinity, mutual penetration, especially Confucianism has far-reaching influence, so that the martial arts class "ritual" ethical concepts more y rooted. All this makes the development of martial arts in line with the social trend, become a part of social life, and become a specific component of the Chinese culture of "etiquette" culture.

The "ritual" as the center of martial arts precepts, such as the "Shaolin Ten Commandments", "Ten Commandments", Wudang "ten passes, ten does not pass", as well as the precepts of various schools of thought are reflected in the "benevolence and love for others", "virtue and planting", "virtue and planting", "virtue and planting", "virtue and planting", "virtue and planting", "virtue and planting", "virtue and planting". Virtue", "benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, filial piety and faith" are all reflected in the influence of traditional moral norms. In "Qingping Sword - Sword Proverbs", there is "one abstention from self-possession, two abstentions from fame, three abstentions from competing with others, four abstentions from killing, and five abstentions from being blind to everything". Shaolin precepts in the discussion, can only be prepared for self-defense, do not show the blood of selfishness, have good courage to fight. Modern martial artist Tong Zhongyi in the "warrior instructions" in a more comprehensive summary: "perseverance, discipline, strategy, do not be arrogant, trust" for martial arts practitioners "etiquette" - the Martial Virtues Standards. At the same time in the development of martial arts precepts, martial arts has always been "martial arts to observe virtue", "respect for martial arts and morality", "before learning the art of first know the etiquette, before practicing martial arts first understanding of morality". In the practice of martial arts while pursuing the simultaneous cultivation of martial virtues, wherever the martial arts strong, martial virtues more admirable. Usually, martial arts practitioners pay special attention to "hand virtue", "mouth virtue", "heart virtue" training, that is, require martial arts practitioners shall not show off their martial arts skills, out to hurt people, in the fight with each other should be merciful. When competing with each other, they should be merciful and stop at the point. They should also not be arrogant, not to undermine others, not to provoke, not to expose the shortcomings. We should treat people with sincerity and courtesy, respect teachers, be willing to help others, get rid of violence, be courageous, and be broad-minded and generous. After the development of society into the information age, martial arts ethics is not only a very useful code of conduct for martial arts practitioners, but also a good tradition for all members of society to learn from. Especially in today's era of global cultural integration and a social structure that has become totally karmic, maintaining the vitality of the outstanding national culture, promoting national culture and enhancing civilization is a contribution that the people of China should make to all mankind. Talents with high moral character are the prerequisite to play the role of "social man" in the social group, to ensure that individual wisdom and ability can be expressed, to ensure that the overall strength of the society to improve, and to promote the social process.