Games of the Body: Cultural Reflections on the Human Body

Author: Liang Erping
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: History has fallen asleep, but time is awake. Compared to time, what is history? However, compared to speed, both time and light will "bend." In the realm of speed limits, all matter becomes insignificant. How can a human body compete with speed? If the 100-meter race has reached a dead end, to continue the struggle in the new century, reform is the only way. The new approach will be: start by sitting down, sprint backward, and finish the race with a rear-end collision, adding artistic impression points. In this way, the 100-meter race will still have a century of competition, and records will start over, beinged time and time again. The mission of sports in the 21st century: to maintain the dignity of life in the game of the body. I intend to launch a large-scale "personal attack." The Game of the Body is just one of them, with more to follow. This is a series of cultural essays about our bodies and spirits. Humans are like other animals—motionlessness is not animal-like. The superiority of humans lies in being a sportive animal. Under the command of the brain, limbs can evolve into countless skills, and distinctions of high and low can be made. The foolishness of humans lies in being an animal of blind obsession. The essence of sports is the cultivation of the body, while the game of the body progresses from spontaneous activities to competitive sports. This "cultivation" has been simplified by the interests of the market and race into grand competitions. Competitions can prove health, but they are not the entirety of sports. Is there really so much in life that needs to be divided into high and low? Sports express the desires of the body, but competitions do not go beyond this desire. In the game of the body, there are both laughter and tears; there are gains and harms.