| （1.School of Physical Education，Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences，Chongqing 402160，China；2.School of Physical Education，Huaqiao University，Quanzhou 362021，China) Abstract: As a classic of ancient Greek civilization, competitive game expressed the ancient Greeks’ ideal pursuit for beauty, virtues and self transcendence, is the subject spirit of the modern Olympic Games. By studying literature data, the authors dissected ancient Greek competitive games, and concluded that ancient Greek competitive games contain such intrinsic characteristics as humanity promotion, spirit sublimation and limit transcendence. By concur-rently considering the realistic predicament of Chinese competitive sports development, the authors concluded that Chinese competitive sports development should start with the characteristics of competitive sports, resolve the pre-dicament, return to the track of development in which sport and intelligence are equally valued and the body and mind are harmonized, constantly improve oneself, and realize transcendence.
Key words: competitive sports；competitive games；ancient Greece；China |
