"Spiritual civilization, physical barbarism" comes from Mao Zedong's "Sports Research". The original text is: "Civilization is in its spirit and barbarism is in its physique. This statement is also true. If you want to educate your spirit, you should first savage your body; If you are barbaric, the spirit of civilization will follow. "

This article was published in 19 17 New Youth Magazine.

"Civilized spirit is barbaric, and physique is barbaric" means: let famous people improve their spiritual quality through education, and let the people improve their physical quality through exercise. This is a patriotic saying.