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  • On the Olympics on the Blogs of Two Teacher Wus

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    On the Olympics on the Blogs of Two Teacher Wus

    I don’t really follow Professor Wu Fei’s blog; I only heard that the latest issue of Qingquanyuan was going to organize a discussion meeting on the Olympics, with Professor Wu Fei as the central figure and his two articles as the focus. I’ve always paid close attention to the Olympic spirit, so I went to read them too. The result was that I found I didn’t appreciate Professor Wu Fei’s way of putting things. Online, of course, I’m under no restraints, so if I wanted to criticize, I criticized. As for the specific consequences and how that discussion meeting ultimately went, I won’t concern myself with that~ Recently, I also…

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  • What Is the Olympics?

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    What Is the Olympics?

    My many acquaintances in the world of science and culture are rather indifferent to the Olympic Games. They point out many problems, such as excessive commercialization, and the fact that high-intensity athletic training is often a brutal assault on athletes’ bodies rather than a form of exercise. Rather than pouring massive resources into the vanity of chasing Olympic gold medals, it would be better to invest more in building up basic sports, in promoting public exercise, and in work that fosters health. Here, I disagree with those teachers. I think this line of thought is, in fact, pragmatic and utilitarian. On the one hand, I certainly acknowledge that the spread…

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  • The Spirit of Sport and Human Culture

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    The Spirit of Sport and Human Culture

    When I was little, I didn’t like sports. On the one hand, I was lazy and didn’t feel like moving; on the other, I thought sports were too “violent,” nowhere near as quiet and elegant as intellectual activities. As a child, I did like playing chess, but what I never really understood was—why does chess count as “sports” too? As I grew older, I gradually came to understand what sports and chess have in common, and I also came to feel more and more deeply the charm of sports. Sports are not merely “exercise,” and even less merely a kind of “violence.” They can stand alongside philosophy, science, religion, and…

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