Is the ancient Wushu champion practical?

The ancient imperial examination generally refers to the literary examination, and the so-called "martial arts champion" has a low status. Even in the middle, we should start from the junior officers.

Since the opening of the martial arts in the Tang Dynasty, there have been more than a dozen martial arts champions who have really gone down in history for more than a thousand years. Compared with "liberal arts", it can be seen that the prospect of Wushu is not particularly good.

As for the so-called actual combat ability, we should look at it from two aspects, one is personal martial arts and the other is military command ability.

First of all, there should be no problem with personal martial arts. In the process of examination, we should generally examine riding a gun, archery, weightlifting and so on. From these assessment contents, we can find that Wushu requires higher personal skills.

Especially in the Tang dynasty, people in the Tang dynasty were all martial arts people, and the requirements for martial arts were more focused on personal martial arts assessment. Eighteen weapons are proficient in riding and shooting, but in ancient times, it was impossible for ordinary families to let their children practice riding and shooting. Therefore, at that time, the "threshold" of the martial arts examination was still quite high, and no one could pass the examination. ?

The top martial arts scholar in this period was Wu Fu, who was outstanding in personal martial arts, but his military command ability depended on his later performance.

It was Wu's flag bearer in the Tang Dynasty, which played an important role in quelling the Anshi Rebellion.

In the Song Dynasty, the threshold of Wushu was higher. In addition to several personal combat effectiveness assessments, it also puts forward certain requirements for candidates' military literacy. Candidates in this period should make more efforts in military strategy, and the court paid attention to cultivating talents with both civil and military skills.

This is mainly because the national strength of the Song Dynasty is weak, and it is necessary to train more military talents in the face of strong enemies around it. At that time, the champion of Wu was not only a small grass-roots officer in the Tang Dynasty, but also a serious general. From this treatment, we can also see that the Song Dynasty attached importance to martial arts.

Wushu champions in this period are relatively better. After all, war is never a game for one person, and the brain is more important than the body. In the Song Dynasty, however, there was no champion Wu who could make actual achievements on the battlefield. On the contrary, a "grass-roots" general like Yue Fei showed his talent, indicating that a good exam does not necessarily mean a strong ability.

In the Ming Dynasty, the requirements for martial arts reached a new height. According to the regulations at that time, participants in Wushu must have a certain military foundation. In other words, only children from military families can take this kind of exam, so most of the top students in this period come from official families.

Although martial arts were more institutionalized at this time, the selection criteria and status were higher, but the corruption in the Ming Dynasty was notorious. What kind of ability can the children of official families have? Moreover, the limitation of the threshold has led to the loss of a large number of bottom-level talents.

Martial arts in the Qing Dynasty basically became a "showy shelf" because the martial arts examination in this period focused on martial arts skills. Because Manchu itself has a distinct tradition of riding and shooting, the martial arts examination at that time paid special attention to riding and shooting skills. Most of the selected talents are good at "immediate kung fu", but they are not so good at commanding the army.

Mainly because Manchu people know that they have no culture, so there are not many requirements in this respect! In Stephen Chow's movie Su Qier, the top martial arts scholar, a lovely person who can't even write his own name.

The martial arts champion in this period is more like an acrobat, and his actual combat ability can be imagined. ?

To sum up, the champion of Wu cannot be equated with the talent of a general. War is different from other forms of activities. A truly capable general must go through all kinds of cruel wars. If only through martial arts, in fact, the combat capability will not be greatly improved, nor does it mean that he can have excellent performance on the battlefield.