"Shared History": A New Research Paradigm for History of Sport and an Enlightenment for China

The concept of "shared history" is a historical research paradigm vigorously advocated by historian Xu Guoqi in recent years, which has received great attention from the academic circles at home and abroad. In Xu's work, sport plays an important role. Through analyzing the research paradigm for sport's "shared history", it can be seen that the paradigm is obviously characteristic of the non-government participators as the research subject, the cultural exchange as content, and the human destiny community construction as the research purpose. The research shows this paradigm originates from a transnational history and has a clear academic tradition, aiming to promote mutual understanding among civilizations and help realize shared future for mankind. Taking sport's "shared history" as an example, the study on the history of sport in China should follow the principles of Marx's historical materialism and write with the "grand historical view", thus gradually form the academic research family tree and accelerate the construction of Chinese-style sport history research. Taking sport's "shared history" as references, the practical study can be conducted from two dimensions of space and behavior subjects. The sport's "shared history" concept academically breaks through the historical writing paradigm of "Western-centered thinking", and provides a reliable historical perspective for easing international tension and constructing a harmonious society in practice.