Abstract: During the period of the Republic of China, the Central Chinese Martial Arts Museum constructed the discourse system of “saving the country through national martial arts” with the Journal of the Central Chinese National Martial Arts Museum as the carrier. Using the methods of literature, logical analysis and historical textual research, this paper analyzes the historical materials from the Journal of the Central Chinese National Martial Arts Museum, and tries to explore how the discourse system of “saving the country through national martial arts” was constructed and how the logic evolved in this period. The study found that the construction methods used by the journal mainly includes: making use of Purpose Statement and Content Guidelines to clarify the discourse orientation of “saving the country through national martial arts”; making use of celebrities and hot spots to strengthen the discourse expression of “saving the country through national martial arts”; finally, making use of theoretical construction and action exploration to carry out the discourse practice of “saving the country through national martial arts”, and successfully form the discourse system of “saving the country through national martial arts”. This paper further explores the evolution logic of the discourse of “saving the country through national martial arts” in the period of the Republic of China, and holds that: from the national perspective, it is the political expropriation of citizens' bodies under the oppression of crisis; from the national perspective, it is the cultural persistence of national self-confidence under the impact of ideological trend; on the social perspective, it is the release of potential energy driven by virtue and force under the promotion of the times. The triple factors of state, nation and society are the logical and historical starting point of the evolution of the discourse of “saving the country through national martial arts”.

Key words: The Republic of China, national martial arts, saving the country through national martial arts, discourse construction, evolution logic, Central Chinese National Martial Arts Museum, Journal of the Central Chinese National Martial Arts Museum