里约奥运会开幕前夕,国外参赛运动员服食违禁药品的丑闻频频曝光,让我想起了中国古代非常干净的“奥运比赛”。这固然与当时缺乏科学检测手段有关,但更重要的是当时体育竞技强调娱乐性与仪式感,与商业无关。众所周知,像举重、游泳、跳水、皮划艇、射箭、击剑、摔跤、足球等诸多奥运比赛项目,都能在中国古籍中找到踪影。这些项目有些是从先民生产实践和军事战斗中转化而来, On the eve of the opening of the Rio Olympic Games, the frequent exposure of foreign participating athletes taking illicit drugs scandal reminds me of the very clean “Olympic Games” in ancient China. This is certainly related to the lack of means of scientific detection at that time, but more importantly, sporting activities emphasized the sense of entertaining and ritual at that time and had nothing to do with business. As we all know, such as weightlifting, swimming, diving, canoeing, archery, fencing, wrestling, football and many other Olympic events, can be found in ancient Chinese books. Some of these projects are derived from the practice of ancestors and military fighting.