In the history of the development of human civilization, the traditional Chinese culture nurtured by the 5,000-year history of Chinese civilization and the Olympic spirit originated from the ancient Greek civilization complement each other and complement each other. From the question of "when will our country be able to host the Olympic Games" in 1908, to the successful hosting of the Beijing Olympics in 2008, to Beijing becoming the world's first "Double Olympic City" in 2022, Chinese traditional culture and the Olympic spirit have continued to communicate and blend.
In this process of exchanges and mutual learning between civilizations, the ideas, humanistic spirit, and moral norms contained in traditional Chinese culture are closely related to the Olympic motto of "Faster, Higher, Stronger—More United" and "Mutual Understanding, Friendship, and Unity" The Olympic spirit of "fair competition and fair competition" is intrinsically connected, harmonious and symbiotic, and profoundly answers the question of the times: "Where is the world going and what should mankind do?"
1. Harmony: jointly express the concept of "harmony and justice"
The value concept of "harmony and justice" is rooted in traditional Chinese culture and embodies the consistent code of conduct, attitude and spiritual quality of the Chinese nation. The so-called "the journey of the great road, the world is for the common good" ("Book of Rites") clearly expresses the ideal vision of the ancient Chinese for building a "harmonious and just" society, and also reflects the value of traditional Chinese culture to focus on common interests and seek common development. Pursue. At present, "harmony" and "justice" have become important contents of the core socialist values. They not only play an important role in promoting righteousness, standardizing behavior, and uniting people's hearts domestically, but they can also establish China's stance, spread Chinese values, and shape the international community. image of China.
In the Olympics, General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important remarks on “getting the gold medal for morality, the gold medal for style, and the gold medal for cleanliness” profoundly reflected China’s attitude and proposition of advocating fair competition and maintaining world peace, and won wide recognition from the international community. attention and universal acclaim. The concept of "harmony and justice" reflected in this has been throughout the Olympic movement. The "Olympic Charter" pursues the value of "contributing to building a peaceful and beautiful world", actively advocates peaceful coexistence and fair competition among people from different countries, different ethnic groups, and different beliefs, and also demonstrates the international community's commitment to "harmony and justice" The common pursuit of ideas. Therefore, the Olympic Games is not only a "fair" stage for athletes from various countries to write national honors, but also a "harmonious" platform for people from all countries to promote friendly exchanges, strengthening the concept of "harmony and justice" for the development of all mankind.
The concept of "harmony and justice" is integrated into traditional Chinese culture and the Olympic spirit. It expresses the value pursuit of harmonious coexistence, fairness and justice by Chinese and Western cultures. It helps promote the common values of all mankind and inspires people from all over the world to build harmony and stability. world order and promote global governance in a more just and reasonable direction.
2. Cooperation: jointly embodies the vision of "cooperation and unity"
Whether it is the ideal pursuit of "one world, one family" and "universal world", or the connotation and meaning of "unity makes us strong, isolation makes us weak" and "people are united, Mount Tai can move". It fully demonstrates the cultural tradition and character traits of the Chinese nation advocating cooperation and advocating unity. It is precisely based on the value and spiritual inheritance of "cooperation and unity" that the Chinese nation has always carried forward the traditional virtues of "standing together through thick and thin, working together in unity, and helping each other", striving to explore the greatest common denominator for global cooperation, and striving to build a community with a shared future for mankind. "Cooperation and unity" is also one of the important connotations of the Olympic spirit. Since ancient times, the Olympic Movement has carried mankind's beautiful pursuit of peace, unity, and progress. The five Olympic rings are an important symbol of the Olympic movement. The five colors of blue, yellow, red, green and black represent the five continents of the world. The five interlocking rings symbolize the unity and unity of people all over the world, vividly embodying the vision of cooperation and unity.
In 2021, the 138th Plenary Session of the International Olympic Committee voted to add "More United" to the Olympic motto, which not only gives the Olympic spirit new connotations, new values, and new expressions, but also embodies all mankind's support for "unity, cooperation, and friendship." "The affectionate call for the future echoes China's plan to build a community with a shared future for mankind.In 2022, the Beijing Winter Olympics proposed the theme slogan "Together for the Future", conveying the vision of cooperation and unity to the world, and once again played the strong voice of the times to enhance unity, work together, overcome difficulties together, and face the future. Traditional Chinese culture and the Olympic spirit jointly demonstrate the beautiful vision of promoting world cooperation and unity in their own distinctive ways of expression. In order to build more bridges of communication and dialogue, we pursue the ideal of "sharing beauty and beauty, and the world is harmonious" and promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind. , inject new vitality, stimulate new potential, and add new motivation.
3. Communist Party: jointly demonstrate the principle of "win-win and mutual benefit"
Traditional Chinese culture opposes "concerning interests, covering up selfishness, seeking self-benefit at the expense of others" ("Recent Thoughts"), emphasizing that one should not hesitate to pursue one's own selfish interests. It is undesirable to harm the interests of others, but "win-win and mutual benefit" has always been advocated, requiring that justice be valued over profit, justice before profit. As the saying goes, "If you want to establish yourself, you can establish others; if you want to achieve yourself, you can achieve others" (The Analects of Confucius). "Establishing others" and "achieving others" and "establishing oneself" and "achieving oneself" support each other. Self and others develop together and develop together. A unity of mutual achievement. This excellent value orientation that has lasted for thousands of years not only fully demonstrates the spiritual wisdom and responsibility of the Chinese nation, but also profoundly demonstrates the good expectations for win-win and mutual benefit of human society.
Since its inception, the Olympic Games have contained the value tendency of "win-win and mutual benefit". During the ancient Olympic Games, people from different city-states achieved win-win and mutual benefit through friendly competitions, cultural exchanges, and trade. Today, the Olympic movement is no longer limited to sports competition. The Olympic spirit it actively advocates also contains the beautiful yearning for common development, mutual benefit and win-win cooperation of all mankind, and embodies the shared destiny of mankind in the exchanges and mutual learning of world civilizations. profound resonance.
Chinese traditional culture and the Olympic spirit jointly demonstrate the principle of "win-win and mutual benefit". It is not only the main theme of world development and progress, but also the common goal that all mankind needs, yearns for and pursues. It is important for promoting open cooperation and achieving mutual benefit and win-win. Revelation meaning.
4. Life: jointly interpreting the spirit of "endless life"
Traditional Chinese culture has always "reborn" and "valued life", attaches great importance to the continuation of life and the meaning of existence, and emphasizes that "life" is the "great virtue of heaven and earth". Favoring the principle of "life and life" and seeking the way of "life and life" form the spiritual pursuit of "continuous life and life". The Chinese nation has also cultivated a tenacious character and advocates a life attitude of forging ahead and striving to pursue the meaning and ideals of life. This further gave birth to the Chinese sports spirit with "tenacious struggle" as its main content, constantly inspiring Chinese athletes to achieve great results and win glory for the country.
The Olympic motto "Faster, Higher, Stronger - More United" takes challenging oneself, breaking through oneself, and surpassing oneself as an interpretation of the Olympic spirit of fair competition, and encourages people to continue to strengthen their bodies, tap their potential, and break through their limits. Improving and expanding the height, width, and thickness of life profoundly embodies the endless spiritual pursuit. At the same time, the lighting and passing of the Olympic flame further demonstrates the vitality of the Olympic spirit that continues to flourish and develop among different groups, countries, and regions.
It can be said that traditional Chinese culture and the Olympic spirit are naturally compatible. Whether it is the former's admiration for the gentleman's personality of "continuous self-improvement and virtue" or the latter's promotion of the values of "faster, higher, stronger, fair competition", Both take "endless life" as their spiritual motivation, which is also the underlying logic that enables Chinese civilization and Western civilization to form value consensus, common discourse, and emotional resonance.
5. Conclusion
The "harmony and symbiosis" of traditional Chinese culture and the Olympic spirit is a vivid demonstration of the mutual learning, cultural interaction, and exchange of ideas between Eastern and Western civilizations. A beautiful world with a shared future provides inspiration, contributes wisdom, and injects strength.
Today, major changes in the world that have not been seen in a century are accelerating. Changes in the world, the times, and history are unfolding in an unprecedented way. We should continue to draw ideological power, gather spiritual power, and gather spiritual power from traditional Chinese culture and the Olympic spirit. Gather joint efforts to make greater contributions to better promoting people-to-people understanding, exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations, and building a community with a shared future for mankind.
(Author: Mao Lijuan, President and Professor of Shanghai University of Physical Education, July 11, 2024, the 10th Nishan World Civilization Forum·Sports Culture Forum)
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