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"Following Nature" and "Conquering Nature"——The Comparison on Fitness Concept Of the Ancient China and the Ancient Greek

Xia Si-yong

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This article analyses the physical-philosophy relationship and human-nature relationship between the ancient Greece and the ancient China,which focuses on the difference of their concept of fitness.It has been recognized in this study as follows: the ancient china had the view of one body,two usages,not only were they sure the physical healthy could be seen as the precondition of the philosophy healthy,but also they emphasized the philosophic effects on controlling and adjusting the physical health;under dealing with the relationship of objective rules and the subjective endeavor,they stressed on the necessary effects of following objective rules,and also indicated the important meanings of subjective endeavor.Although they had different understanding of ancient Greek sage,there was one common thing that they are the basic pattern of binary theory. The view of the ancient Greece emphasized as follows: choose soul(rational) rather than the needs of the body(feeling),and in accordance with the rational needs which influence life movements.It is two different concepts that ancient Chinese people to choose fitness sports health behaviors and ancient Greeks advocate fitness practices,thereby making a significant impact,and eventually forming different sports styles of cultural heritage.

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This article analyses the physical-philosophy relationship and human-nature relationship between the ancient Greece and the ancient China,which focuses on the difference of their concept of fitness.It has been recognized in this study as follows: the ancient china had the view of one body,two usages,not only were they sure the physical healthy could be seen as the precondition of the philosophy healthy,but also they emphasized the philosophic effects on controlling and adjusting the physical health;under dealing with the relationship of objective rules and the subjective endeavor,they stressed on the necessary effects of following objective rules,and also indicated the important meanings of subjective endeavor.Although they had different understanding of ancient Greek sage,there was one common thing that they are the basic pattern of binary theory. The view of the ancient Greece emphasized as follows: choose soul(rational) rather than the needs of the body(feeling),and in accordance with the rational needs which influence life movements.It is two different concepts that ancient Chinese people to choose fitness sports health behaviors and ancient Greeks advocate fitness practices,thereby making a significant impact,and eventually forming different sports styles of cultural heritage.

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This article analyses the physical-philosophy relationship and human-nature relationship between the ancient Greece and the ancient China,which focuses on the difference of their concept of fitness.It has been recognized in this study as follows: the ancient china had the view of one body,two usages,not only were they sure the physical healthy could be seen as the precondition of the philosophy healthy,but also they emphasized the philosophic effects on controlling and adjusting the physical health;under dealing with the relationship of objective rules and the subjective endeavor,they stressed on the necessary effects of following objective rules,and also indicated the important meanings of subjective endeavor.Although they had different understanding of ancient Greek sage,there was one common thing that they are the basic pattern of binary theory. The view of the ancient Greece emphasized as follows: choose soul(rational) rather than the needs of the body(feeling),and in accordance with the rational needs which influence life movements.It is two different concepts that ancient Chinese people to choose fitness sports health behaviors and ancient Greeks advocate fitness practices,thereby making a significant impact,and eventually forming different sports styles of cultural heritage.

Key concepts: Greeks, Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek, Soul, Feeling, China, Ancient philosophy, Precondition

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