How Was Wushu in the Republic of China Period Written About?Based on the Statistical Analysis of the Works Published in 1911−1949

With 246 Wushu (martial arts) works and 156 authors published from 1911 to 1949 as materials, the book classification, publishing trend, author composition and other aspects are analyzed. It is found that the Wushu works in this period intuitively show "the number of publications is influenced by the changes of the current situation, and Shanghai is the center to gather the core publishing units, and social and cultural scholars constitute the core author group". Under the academic background of the conflict and integration of the "Chinese and Western", Chinese traditional culture and the Wushu theories in Ming and Qing dynasties infiltrated scholars, leading to the publication in a large quantity of works on "boxing", "boxing theory" as well as the textual research on Wushu origins, which continued the writing of the tradition of Ming and Qing Wushu, and expanded the new content as well. Under the demand of the new culture movement, "science" and "democracy" became the themes of the Republic of China period, becoming new characteristics and profoundly influenced the academic development of Chinese martial arts.