中国功夫（英）

　　“中华之美”丛书围绕中华优秀传统文化这一主题，择取其中15个专题分别加以介绍。这15个专题，包括以思想、智慧、艺术为主的“无形遗产”，以工艺、器物为主的“有形遗产”，以衣食住行乐为主的“民俗生活”，它们精心构架，有机结合，勾勒出中国文化的一个总体面貌，并反映出“中华文化的理念、智慧、气度、神韵”。 中国功夫是一种特殊的文化形态，它以攻防搏击为表现形式，以丰富的套路、招式、功法为具体内容，在激烈的身体对抗（多数表现为假想对抗和模拟对抗）中敢于胜利并善于胜利。中国功夫是千百年来民族智慧的结晶，是民族传统文化在武技一道的体现，也是民族心理个性在健身自卫领域的合理反映。中国功夫不仅仅是搏击术，更不是单纯的拳脚运动，也不是力气与技法的简单结合，它饱含着哲理，深蕴着先哲们对生命和宇宙的参悟，以一种近乎完美的运动形式诠释着某种古老的哲学思想，追求那种完美而和谐的人生境界。 Wushu， the Chinese martial art form known as kungfu in the West， embodies the national traditional culture in martial art form and also reflects the self-defense and health practices of Chinese people. The core philosophy of Wushu is drawn from the Confucius principle of physical and mental integration combined with neutralization; the Taoist principle of dynamic balance; the Buddhist principle of showing cultural syncretism of Confucianism， Daoism and Buddhism in China; and the Eastern theory， which believes man is an integral part of nature.

　　王广西，曾任河南省社会科学院文学研究所研究员、河南省文史研究馆馆员、中国近代文学研究会常务理事、郑州大学体育学院中原武术文化研究中心副主任。长期从事近代文学和武林文化研究，著有《佛学与中国近代诗坛》《左宗棠》《中国武术与武林气质》《中国武术》《功夫——中国武术文化》《中原文化大典？武术卷》等。 Wang Guangxi， whose pen name is Lu Cao， was born in Xixia， Henan province in 1941 and died in 2008. He graduated from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature of Henan University. He had served as a researcher in the Literature Research Institute of Henan Academy of Social Science， a fellow in the Henan Research Institute of Culture and History， standing director of Modern Chinese Literature Research Society and deputy dean of Wushu Culture Research Center， Physical Education Institute， Zhengzhou University. His life was devoted to modern literature and wushu culture research， and his works include Buddhism and Chinese Modern Poetry， Biography of Zuo Zongtang， Kong Fu-Culture of Chinese Wushu Circles， Chinese Soldier， Chinese Wushu and Wushu Spirit and Central Plaint Culture ？Wushu.