It was proposed by Rong Guotuan, who is China's first world champion.

In April 1961, at the men's team final of the 26th World Table Tennis Championships held in Beijing, Rong Guotuan shed tears when the Chinese team lost 3:4. The female team member Qiu Zhonghui asked him when she saw him. He replied that he had lost two games, and then said excitedly: "It is rare to fight in life. If you don't fight now, how long will it be?"

Rong Guotuan (1937-1968), male table tennis player. Born on August 10, 1937 in a Hong Kong worker family, his native place was Nanping Town, Zhongshan County (now Nanping Town, Xiangzhou District, Zhuhai City). The first world champion in Chinese table tennis and even Chinese sports.

In 1959, the 25th World Table Tennis Championships was held in Dortmund, Germany. Rong Guotuan won the men's singles championship and won China's first world championship in a world sports competition.

In 1961, the 26th World Table Tennis Championships was held in Beijing. The Chinese team participating in Rong Guotuan defeated the Japanese team 5:3 and won the men's team world championship for the first time.

After 1964, she served as the coach of the Chinese women's table tennis team and led the team to win the women's team championship in the 28th World Table Tennis Championships.

Data source: Rong Guotuan Baidu Encyclopedia