Which country did Go originate from? Different countries have different opinions on this question... The earliest legend about the origin of Go in China is probably the story of "Yao and Shun taught their children through chess". Qinqi, calligraphy and painting, ancient China The four major arts have a long history. The chess of Qin, chess, calligraphy and painting refers to Go. Zhang Hua from the Jin Dynasty said in his "Natural History": "Yao created Go to teach his son Danzhu." He also mentioned that Shun felt that His son Shangjun was not very smart, so he also made a game of Go to teach his son. The Postscript of Lu Shi wrote more details. Yao married his wife Fu Yi and gave birth to his son Zhu. His son behaved badly, and Yao was very sad, so he specially made a game of Go. "To relax one's emotions." According to this view, Go is made to develop wisdom and purify one's temperament. However, there is another view that "Wocao, a Xia man, gambles on Go." The book "Game" states that Go began in the Warring States Period and was a creation of political strategists. His basis is that Go is "harmful to the way of cheating and counterfeiting." In this way, Go has become a game for pleasure and power play. Tools.
In fact, these statements are just speculation. The theories of Yao and Shun are just wonderful legends. Wu Cao is considered to be the ancestor of brick making in "Ancient History". There is no more evidence for Go. As for Pi Rixiu's suggestion that Go originated from the Warring States Period, it is even less credible. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius had already mentioned Go. It is also a speculation that it was played in Yuanyangchi, Shuichang County, Gansu Province. Many of the pottery pots from the late primitive society are painted with black, red or even colorful striped patterns. The lines are even, criss-crossed, and the grids are neat. The shape is very similar to the current Go board, but there are only ten to twelve vertical and horizontal lines. Instead of nineteen as it is now, archaeologists mockingly call it a chessboard pattern. An ancient tomb from the Tang Dynasty was excavated in Xiangyin County, Hunan Province. Among the funerary objects was a chessboard, square in size and 15 in length and width. Dao. In an ancient tomb of the Liao Dynasty excavated in Inner Mongolia, a square Go table was unearthed. It is ten centimeters high and forty centimeters long. On the table, a Go board of thirty centimeters in length and width is painted. The board has thirteen lines vertically and horizontally. There are seventy-one black stones, seventy-three white stones, and one hundred and forty-four white stones. There are also eight black stones and three white stones lying empty. Presumably the owner of the tomb was a good gamer during his lifetime and could not bear to leave the end of the game. I went to think about it under Jiuquan. These are just a few ancient artifacts among the many new archaeological discoveries, but they are enough to illustrate a few points: First of all, there is no doubt that Go has already taken shape in primitive society. The criss-crossing chessboard pattern has basically Secondly, judging from the development process of the 10, 13, 15 lines on the unearthed chess board until the nineteen lines commonly used today, Go cannot be a miracle created suddenly by a certain person on a certain day, but has gone through a series of processes. The development and change process from simple to complex, from few to many chess pieces, and from single to diverse moves spanned thousands of years and gathered the wisdom and experience of countless Go enthusiasts. It was gradually improved and enriched, and finally formed what it is today. In this sense, the creators of Go are the vast working people of our country.
Due to frequent wars, military knowledge has gradually accumulated. Playing Go and military strategizing, troop deployment The need for war is bound to accelerate the development of Go. During the Han Dynasty, some people regarded Go as a method of war, and the records of the game were included in the Book of Sui Jing Ji Zhi. The hometown of Go is China. With the above inferences and Archaeologists have found that it is self-evident where Go was born. However, Mr. Akio Matsui of Japan said in the "Origin" of his "Three Hundred Years of History of Go": "Go and chess have their own unique characteristics. The ancestor is a kind of 'panxi' in Central Asia. It spread to the West and became chess. It spread to the East and was influenced by Chinese astronomy and other sciences, and was improved into the sixteen-way Go game." This statement is unfounded. . Looking back at history, it is easy to understand from "Zuo Zhuan", "The Analects of Confucius", "Mencius" and other books that Go has been widely popular in our country during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and there were even Go masters known to all the princes and countries. As we all know, at that time, China had no exchanges with the countries in the Western Regions. It was not until the Western Han Dynasty that Zhang Qian was sent to the Western Regions, and China had cultural exchanges with the countries in Central Asia. At that time, Go had a long history in China. From chess to go, modern people talk about chess, including go, chess, military chess and other chess. In the earliest times, chess specifically refers to go. Xu Shen of the Eastern Han Dynasty said in "Shuowen Jiezi": "Yi, go also means "Congbu, also sounds." The ancient Chinese character "bu" is a pictogram of two people holding a chess game with their hands raised. The game is Go, and it can also be found in "The Analects of Confucius". "Zuoqi is called the game, since
It can be seen that during the Western Han Dynasty, chess had become another name for Go. Only some areas in the north were still called chess. By the Eastern Han Dynasty, Go had been commonly used in written language, such as Ma Rong "Go" written by Li You, "Go Inscription" written by Li You, etc. In the process of development and evolution of Go, in addition to "Yi" and "Go", there are also "many interesting names. In the Jin Dynasty, some people called Go " "Sitting in hiding" and "hand talking". But in the end, the word "Wei" that summarizes the moves of Go was preserved.