Abstract: In the context of China's modern state-building, and by the stigma theory and historical analysis method, the formation and the development of the stigmatization of "the Sick Man of East Asia" were analyzed.It holds that the stigmatized construction contained three ways:spacially, from the West to China; mentally, from inferiority to self-strength; and subjectively, from nation to human's body. At the same time, sport may be regarded as an effective machanism and method to treat "the Sick Man of East Asia" thought.To be detailed, the concept machanism of strengthening the race to save the nation, the physical education machanism from body to nation and the presentation machanism of state from self-improvement to self-pride lay the foundation for China to build a sport power. It was proposed that the function of sport should be further stressed to eliminate the potential worries about "the Sick Man of East Asia" thought in contemporary time.