India failed to apply for chess six times. Q: Why not?

A sentence by a man named Fang caused a wide and heated discussion. He said that chess was not invented by China for the simple reason that there were no elephants in ancient China. Fang is not only a doctor of biochemistry, but also a well-known print media columnist, which has aroused great repercussions. In addition, India also claims that chess is theirs and has been applied by the United Nations for six times. The expert's answer left them speechless.

First, let's look at the first question. Is it true that Fang said that there were no elephants in ancient China? We know that India is really a country that mainly produces elephants. There is nothing wrong with this, but many historical records show that there were many elephants in ancient China. Surely everyone has heard the story of Cao Chong calling himself an elephant? The story happened in the Three Kingdoms period.

Dating back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Lu Chunqiu Ancient Music recorded that "merchants abused the East by worshipping elephants." What do you mean? In fact, it is a businessman riding an elephant to fight. If there are no elephants, why is there such a record?

If we want to continue to pursue it, we can trace it back to the Yin and Shang Dynasties and ancient times. "Emperor Century" records: "Elephants often plow fields for them after they die." In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, there was also a legend in a book called "The Records of the Broad Land", "Biting God is six miles north of Yingdao County. So, the old man parted the clouds and buried nine doubts. Just like coming here, later generations set up a temple called Biting God. "

From this perspective, Fang's statement that there were no elephants in ancient China can be said to be nonsense. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, elephants were common animals. There is a record in the History of Song Dynasty: "An elephant is kept in the house and tamed by the palm." You see, they are all imprisoned.

Let's look at the history of chess. Chess is a primitive "elephant game". According to relevant documents, Chatulanka developed into Chateland's drama in Khosrau I Anushirvan, Persia, and was introduced to China as an elephant drama through the Silk Road in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, it developed into Baoying chess, and finally it was transformed into a common chess type in the Song Dynasty.

It may be fairer for a third party to judge the origin of chess. 1972 Yugoslav historian Bijifu wrote a book "Chess-Symbol of the Universe" after deeply studying the history of "Chess", and came to the conclusion that chess originated from the elephant play in China in 569 AD and finally spread all over the world.

There is a record in "The Songs of Chu Evocation": "There are six treasures in chess. Divide Cao and go forward, forcing each other. When you become a cockroach, you will seek it and you will be white. " Among them, chess is a kind of chess piece made of "ivory", especially named after it.

In the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Xiang also recorded in Shuo Yuan: "The first step is the king of thousands of times ... Yan Dou Qi dances Zheng Nv." The word "chess" was explicitly mentioned here, but at that time chess was a game played by nobles.

India has even been stalking and has applied to the United Nations for inheritance six times. Faced with India's unreasonable demands, British scholar Joseph Needham simply replied in six words: "Do you know Chinese characters?" Chess is a great invention, symbolizing the wisdom of China people. It combines Yin and Yang, divination, military science and so on. It has been integrated with the development of Chinese civilization and no one can shake it.