主办单位:成都体育学院
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Journal of Chengdu Sport University ›› 2024, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (1): 93-101.doi: 10.15942/j.jcsu.2024.01.011

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Virtue of Courage: The Fundamental Orientation of "Fostering Virtue through Education" in Chinese Wushu

JIN Yuzhu   

  1. School of Wushu,Wuhan Sports University, Wuhan Hubei 430079
  • Received:2023-08-27 Revised:2023-11-25 Online:2024-01-15 Published:2024-02-19

Abstract: Fostering virtue through education is the fundamental task of education, and the most important thing to complete this task is to stick to the Chinese discourse of innovation, solid foundation and moral education. Using the methods of literature and logical analysis, this paper takes Wushu education in the new era as the starting point to examine the virtue of courage from the perspective of virtue cultivation. The research concludes that as a kind of life energy, virtue of courage in Wushu does not have a fixed form of courage, but exhibits the subject's virtue of acting bravely for justice and shouldering responsibilities. It is in fact a virtue of "relying on oneself rather than others" through perfecting one's wisdom and benevolence. By injecting "benevolence", "righteousness" and "rituals" into the natural courage of personality and behavior, the virtue of courage gradually evolves into a moral virtue and becomes a life spirit of ultimate existence. As the fundamental orientation of Wushu education, virtue of courage has the following implications: in moral dimension, it embodies the ideology of "dare to straight oneself and do one's will"; in life dimension, it embodies the strength of "noble and brave spirit";in value dimension, it embodies the virtue of "keeping aloof and helping the world". The contemporary enlightenment of Wushu courage lies in reconstructing the ontological cognition of Wushu that "body is the starting point of education for growth", consolidating the ideology of Wushu education that "sharpens the mind and toughens the body", and fostering the fertile ground of Wushu education that "interweaves hero image into daily life".

Key words: ancient thought, courage, fostering virtue through education, life energy, unity of body and mind

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