What is the meaning of Wushu?

Wu, stop fighting for Wu. Wu is the power to stop fighting and eliminate violence. Virtue takes benevolence and righteousness as the core concepts, and the above, restraint and righteousness are the words and deeds of conduct.

Martial morality refers to the characteristics of martial arts behavior based on benevolence and righteousness and the code of conduct of martial arts practitioners. ..... Soldiers, stop fighting. In ancient China, the master always pointed to the word "martial arts" and explained it to his disciples ... that is to say, people who study martial arts should learn to lay down their weapons before they pick up them. Disciples must exercise their minds by doing odd jobs before they can formally practice martial arts. In ancient China, there was only the word weapon, but there was no such word.

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As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, Zuo Qiuming wrote Zuo Zhuan, which said that "there are seven martial arts". Later, with the development of the times, the meaning of Wushu is constantly changing and developing. Most of the previous martial arts creeds were "respecting teachers, respecting morality, filial piety and justice, helping the poor and helping the poor, eliminating violence and respecting the sun", "asking with an open mind, treating others with self-denial, helping others" and "forbidding arrogance and extravagance".

Various sects have their own rules, precepts and covenants, and there are "three don't preach", "five don't preach", "ten don't preach", "eight quit" and "ten tricks" as the standards of Wushu. Today, many scholars have summarized Wushu. Some scholars think that Wushu is "the spirit of respecting morality", some think that Wushu is "a virtue", and some think that Wushu is "the morality embodied by Mushatokoro".

1987 national Wushu academic seminar summarized the norms of Wushu as "respecting martial arts and respecting morality, cultivating self-cultivation" These all sum up Wushu morality from different aspects, but Wushu morality is actually an ethical view, so we should define Wushu morality from the perspective of ethics.

Wushu morality is the moral standard and quality that people engaged in Wushu activities should follow in social activities. In short, it is Wude. "Tao" generally refers to the law of movement and change of things, and is extended to the social code of conduct, rules or norms that people must follow; "Virtue" means that people know and follow "Tao", get it from themselves and give it to others. This is the so-called "virtue". "Tao" mainly refers to an external requirement, while "virtue" refers to an internal spiritual sentiment or realm. The combination of the word "virtue" first appeared in Xunzi's article "Encouraging Learning": "Therefore, learning ends with ceremony, and the husband is called the extreme of virtue."

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