= Cuju
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= 蹴鞠
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Lit. "to kick (leather) ball".
Figures notbaly in <Water Margin>, where it is played by <Gao Qiu>. The novel also suggests that it was considered a lesser art, e.g. as opposed to the scholarly <Four arts> and the "proper" martial arts.
\Image[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/One_Hundred_Children_in_the_Long_Spring.jpg]
\Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVdpfLwGKGc]
{title=Ancient Chinese Football Freestylers by Tifo Football (2021)}
{description=Mentions that it was popular in the <Ming dynasty>, but then, if you will, the ball fell off a bit.}
\Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s6znqM09AI]
{title=Bernardo cuju challenge by Manchester City (2019)}