| （Department of Physical Education，Guangdong Women’s Polytechnic College，Guangzhou 511450，China） Abstract: By studying prefaces in Taijiquan works published in the Republic of China period, the author probed into people’s understandings of and attitudes towards Taijiquan in the Republic of China period, and revealed the following findings: Taijiquan was given the political task to make the race and nation powerful; the fitness functions of Taijiquan were universally recognized; a sign of theories being constantly added into and referred to had occurred to Taijiquan; ZHANG San-feng founding Taijiquan was the mainstream view about the origin of Taijiquan at that time; Taijiquan has become a “weapon” in the contest between Chinese and western sports cultures.
Key words: traditional national sport；Taijiquan；preface；Republic of China period |
