日本劍道和中國武術都承載著深厚的文化底蘊，並始終影響兩國社會成員的日常思維、心態和行為方式。筆者透過文獻資料法，對比中日文獻，得出結論：⑴劍道是日本武士道的主要內容，劍道目的不是殺人而是除惡。⑵日本劍道和中國武術在訓練等方面有深切的聯繫。⑶日本劍道精神以禪宗作為思想基礎。⑷日本武士教育包括我國儒家經典教育和武士的技戰術訓練。

Japanese kendo and Chinese martial art are both rich in cultural depth and keep influencing the thought, attitude and social behavior of their society members. Through the survey and comparison of Chinese and Japanese published articles, there are four major conclusions in this paper. (1) Kendo is a byword of martial art. Instead of killing people the purpose of kendo is to remove the villains. (2) There are close interconnection between Japanese kendo and Chinese martial art in terms of training. (3) Zen is the center of the ideological system of Japanese kendo. (4) The education of Japanese samurai is a mixture of traditional Chinese Confucianism education and training of samurai fighting skills and tactics.