Abstract: Studying the history of Wushu thought is an prerequisite for the development of Wushu theory, and hence has become a hot spot. By means of literature review, the present paper analyzed some issues regarding the history of Wushu thought by examining such aspects as historical data, historical context, subject, ontology, and long time span, and put forward that historical data are the basis of conducting study on the history of Wushu thought and the identification and mutual verification of data determine the the depth of Wushu thought exploration; historical context refers to particular eras in history, and is the history sites where Wushu thought originated, developed and evolved towards maturity; subject refers to the massive Wushu practitioners in the historical development of Wuhsu thought and the adoption of subject narration conforms to the historical materialism, and is in line with the historical transformation trend; ontology is the basis which distinguishes Wushu thought from other cultural thoughts, and is the final construction goal of Wushu thought; long time span reveals the continuity of Wushu thought, reminding us to be alert to the bias of "hindsight" and bear in mind the consciousness of "defamiliarization" while exploring the the flow of Wushu thought from the "unknown curtain".

Key words: Chinese Wushu, history of Wushu thought, culture, historical context, subject and ontology, long time span