육예(六藝)교육이 중국무술 체계 형성에 미친 영향

Abstract

This study is intended to investigate the values of Chinese martial arts fundamentally by reviewing the effects of the Six Arts(六藝) education on the formation of Chinese martial arts structure. The effects of each subject are as follows. Manners(禮) has sublimated the values of martial arts from hand-to-hand-fight to means of moral education, and affected the formation of the defense-oriented technique system from the killing techniques. Music(樂) has affected the aesthetic and artistic development of Chinese martial arts based on Martial dance(武舞). A traditional Chinese martial arts type of acting based exercise called ‘Taolu(套路)’ has been created. The game methods in Archery(射) that highlighted modesty and rites have been inherited to the tradition of Chinese martial arts. The tendency of belittling victory or defeat has retarded martial arts to become a game. Horse riding(御) has affected the formation and development of various horse-riding martial arts based on military camps. Calligraphy(書) has affected the creation and composition of techniques in communication with martial arts’ the study of things & nature(格物) and imitation(象形) principles. It helps to form various schools and to record theories. Mathematics(數) has affected the establishment of martial arts’ techniques and theory structure based on the mathematical principle and Zhouyi(易理).