Which country did Weiqi originate from?

Which country did Go originate from? Different countries have different views ... The earliest legend about the origin of Go in China is probably the story of "Yao and Shun taught their children with chess". Chyi Chin's calligraphy and painting is one of the four ancient arts in China with a long history. Chess in Chyi Chin's calligraphy and painting refers to Go. Zhang Hua, a native of A Jin, said in the Natural History: "Yao made Go and taught his son." He also mentioned that I also became a Go teacher. The postscript of road history is written in detail. Yao married Fu and gave birth to his son Zhu. Yao was very sad because his son didn't behave well. He deliberately made Go, "Let yourself relax." According to this statement, Go is used to develop wisdom and purity. However, there is another view that "Xia people and Go players" are Tang people.

In fact, these statements are just guesses, and Yao Shun's statement is just a wonderful legend. In the textual research of ancient history, Cao Wu is regarded as the ancestor of brick making. There's no more evidence. As for Pi Rixiu's idea that Weiqi originated in 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 there are many pottery pots painted in Yuanyangchi, Shuichang County, Gansu Province at the end of primitive society. The colorful stripes with red and even uniform lines are criss-crossed, the grid is neat, and the shape is very similar to that of the current Go table, but there are only ten to twelve vertical and horizontal lines instead of nineteen. Archaeologists ironically call it a chessboard pattern. An ancient tomb of the Tang Dynasty was excavated in Xiangyin County, Hunan Province, and there was a square Go table among the funerary objects. In a Liao Dynasty tomb excavated in Inner Mongolia, a square table of Weiqi was dug up. The side length is 40 cm, and a chessboard with a width of 30 cm is painted on the table. Vertical and horizontal 13 chessboards, 7 sunspots1one, 73 in Bai Zi, and * * 144. There are eight sunspots, and three of them are empty. Presumably, the owner of the tomb had a good chess game before his death, so he couldn't give up a game and take it to the grave to ponder. These are just a few of the many new archaeological discoveries, but they are enough to explain a few points: First, it has taken shape. The criss-crossing chessboard graphics have basically taken shape. Secondly, from the development process of unearthed chessboards, 10, 13, 15 ... Up to today's 19th National Line, Weiqi can't be a miracle suddenly created by someone in one day, but it has experienced a development and change process from simple to complex, from several pieces to many pieces, and from single to diverse playing methods. Time spans thousands of years and brings together the wisdom and experience of countless Go lovers.

Due to frequent wars, knowledge of military science has gradually accumulated. Playing Go is a bit like military strategizing. The need of war will inevitably accelerate the development of Go. In the Han Dynasty, Go was regarded as the art of war, while Sui Shu Jing Ji Zhi and its chess manual were included in the art of war. The hometown of Weiqi is China. With the above inference and the discovery of archaeologists, it is self-evident. However, Mr. Akio Matsui of Japan said in the article "The Beginning" of "The Three Hundred Years History of Weiqi": "Weiqi and chess are of the same clan, which is a kind of" disk play "in Central Asia. It spread in the West and became chess. In the East, it was influenced by China's astronomy and other sciences and improved into sixteen-way Go. " This statement is groundless. Looking back at history, starting from Zuo Zuo, Weiqi was widely popular in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and even a famous Weiqi master appeared. As we all know, China had no contact with western countries at that time. It was not until the Western Han Dynasty that Zhang Qian sent a mission to the Western Regions that China had cultural exchanges with Central Asian countries. At that time, Go had a long history in China. From Weiqi to Weiqi, modern people say chess, including Weiqi, chess, military chess and so on. Weiqi refers to Weiqi. Xu Shen in the Eastern Han Dynasty said in Shuo Wen Jie Zi: "Yi, Weiqi is also. From?, that sounds the same. " The hieroglyphics of ancient China character?is that two people play chess hand in hand. Yi is Weiqi, which can also be found in The Analects. "Zuo Qi said yi, between qilu from guan to dong said yi. For example, Ma Rong wrote Weiqi Fu, and Li You wrote Weiqi Name. In the process of development and evolution, Weiqi has many interesting names besides Yi and Weiqi. During the Jin Dynasty, some people called Go "seclusion" and "hand talk". But in the end, it is concluded that the word "Wei" in Go has been preserved.