(Department of History,Sun Yat-sen University,Guangzhou 510275,China) Abstract: Mr. SUN Yat-sen was a leadership character in the bourgeois revolution in modern China. What is his at-titude towards modern Chinese sport? What are the origin and peculiarity of his sports ideology? These issues are issues worthy of exploration. Jingwu Biography • Preface is a preface written by SUN Yat-sen for a picture album named Jingwu Biography, on the 10th anniversary of Jingwu Sports Association in October 1919. Although this preface is not lengthy, it is Mr. SUN Yat-sen’s most complete and direct expression on sport in all his sayings and works. This preface not only reflects the intense attention paid by Mr. SUN Yat-sen to traditional Chinese Wushu, and his sports conceptions such as that only strong citizens can protect their country and that the functions of sports teams should be exerted, but also contains some of this great man’s summaries and thoughts about revolution after he had experienced the failure of the law-protecting movement. Key words: history of sport;SUN Yat-sen’s sports conceptions;Jingwu Biography•Preface |