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.

 

Wang Guangxi, whose pen name is LuCao, was born in Xixia, Henan province in1941 and died in 2008. He graduated from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature of Henan University. He had servedas a researcher in the Literature Research Institute of He nan 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 Zong tang, Kong Fu-Culture of Chinese Wushu Circles Chinese Soldier, Chinese Wushu and Wushu Spirit and Central Plaint Culture. Wushu.

Foreword
The Origins of Martial Arts
Principles of Wushu
Schools of Wushu
Shaolinquan Family
Wudangquan Family
Emeiquan Family
Nanquan Family
Taijiquan Family
Xingyiquan Family
Baguaquan Family
Weapons
Short Weapons
Long Weapons
Hidden Weapons (anqi)
Three Stages of Chinese Wushu Practice
Characteristics of Chinese Wushu
Systematic
Strict Order
Principle of Gradualness
Nurturing Qi and Moral Cultivation
Aesthetics
Chinese Wushu and Chinese Culture
Wushu and Regimen
Wushu and Literatures, Films and TV
Chinese and Foreign Wushu Exchange
Two Big Challenges in the Martial History
Chinese Wushu Going Global
Development of Modern Chinese Wushu
Modern Wushu Centers (schools)
Wushu Education at Colleges and Universities
Wushu Competitions and Olympic Performance
Events
Folk Wushu Development
Development Tendency
Appendix I: Notices on Wushu Exercises
Appendix Ih Chronological Table of the Chinese
Dynasties