1940年11月27日,李小龙(Bruce Lee)出生于美国旧金山的一个广东移民家庭。倘若他还在世的话,今年是“杖朝之年”80岁。
他曾说:“功夫就是真实表达自我。功夫是他与自己,与世界的沟通方式”。如今,功夫成为了我们与真实李小龙的沟通方式。
1971年,李小龙参加皮埃尔.伯顿访谈节目,在这段“失而复得”的采访(The "Lost" Interview)中,他以水为比喻讲述了他的功夫哲学观。
"Ultimately, Martial Arts is about honestly expressing yourself."
"Don&`&t get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water.
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless—like water.
Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot.
Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend." - Bruce Lee