The Winter Olympics are also called The White Olympics. At this time, many colorful stamps are published to mark the great Games. The first stamps marking the opening came out on January 25th,1932 in the United States for the 3rd White Olympics. From then on, publishing stamps during the White Olympics became a rule. During the 4th Winter Olympics, a group of stamps were published in Germany in November 1936. The five rings of Olympics were drawn on the front of sportswear. It was the first time that the rings appeared on the stamps of the White Olympics.

    In the 1950's, stamps of this kind became more colorful. When the White Olympics came, the host countries as well as the non-host(非主办方)countries published stamps to mark those Games. China also published four stamps in February 1980, when the Chinese sportsmen began to take part in the White Olympics.

    Japan is the only Asian country that has ever held the White Olympics. Altogether 14,500 million stamps were sold to raise money for this sports meeting.

    Different kinds of sports were drawn on these small stamps. People can enjoy the beauty of the wonderful movements of some sportsmen.

卫南之战

    泽①兵进至卫南，度将孤兵寡，不深入不能成功。先驱云②前有敌营，泽挥众直前与战，败之。转战而东，敌益生兵③至。王孝忠战死，前后皆敌垒。泽下令曰：“今日进退等死，不可不从死中求生。”士卒知必死无不一当百斩首数千级金人大败，退却数十余里。泽计敌众十余倍于我，今一战而出其不意，势必复来。使悉其铁骑夜袭吾军，则危矣。乃暮徙其军，金入夜至，得空营，大惊，自是惮泽，不敢复出兵。

（选自《宋史》）

【注】①泽：宗泽，南宋将领。②云：报告。③生兵：新兵。