Go has a long history, and there are many legends about the origin of Go. It is generally accepted that it originated from Emperor Yao. Zhang Hua of the Jin Dynasty ("Natural History") said: Yao created Go to teach Danzhu. ?The Song Dynasty Luo Mi's "Postscript of Lu Shi" said that Yao married Fu Yi and gave birth to his son Danzhu. Danzhu behaved badly. When Yao went to the shore of Fen River, he saw two immortals sitting opposite each other on green cypress trees, marking a road in the sand and forming a formation in black and white. In short, Go is very valued and loved by scholars in ancient my country.
The Legend of Lanke
During the Jin Dynasty, there was a man named Wang Zhi. One day he went to Shishi Mountain in Xin'an County (now Ququ, Zhejiang Province). County) to collect firewood. I saw a boy and an old man playing Go on a big rock by the stream, so I put the ax used for cutting wood on the ground by the stream and stopped to watch. After watching for a long time, the boy said, "It's time for you to go home." When Wang Zhi got up and went to get the axe, he saw that the ax handle (Ke) was rotten and the sharpened ax head was also rusty and uneven. Wang Zhi is very strange. After returning home, I found that my hometown had changed drastically. No one recognized him, and several old men mentioned the things that happened hundreds of years ago. It turns out that Wang Zhi accidentally entered the fairyland while collecting firewood in Shishishan and met the gods. One day in the fairyland lasts a hundred years in the human world.
Later, later generations took "Lan Ke" as an alias for Go.
The Chess Fairy in Oranges
There is a family in Sichuan. There is an orange garden in their home, which bears many attractive and lovely oranges. At the winter solstice, there was frost and the oranges were wilted, so the owner picked them. But there were two oranges that were very big, as big as a big watermelon. Not only were they not wilted, but they were also bright red, radiant, and fragrant. The owner was reluctant to pick them, so these two oranges were still hanging on the branches.
One night the north wind suddenly started blowing harder and harder, and the owner woke up from his sleep. Because I was thinking about those two big oranges, I hurriedly got up and left the house. When I came to the courtyard, I suddenly heard a crisp ding-dong sound and the old man's voice coming from the air with the wind. After hearing the sound and looking for it, I found that the ding-dong and talking sounds came from two big oranges, and the big oranges were very bright in the dark, just like two red lanterns hanging on the branches. The owner was extremely surprised. After dawn, everything was as calm as before. It was like this for several days. On this day, the owner finally couldn't stop his curiosity and picked two big oranges when the oranges lit up. When I opened it, it was empty. There were two pairs of white-haired old men sitting opposite each other, playing chess. Although there are no one around, it feels like there is no one around. Until the chess game is finished.
At this time, the master was stunned and didn't know what to do. I saw one of the old men saying, "The four of us have traveled here since we left Shangshan. Fortunately, we found this elegant place, and we can enjoy playing games as much as Shangshan." Shangshan is located in today's Shang County, Shaanxi Province. It is said that at the end of Qin and the beginning of Han Dynasty, there were four "celebrity hermits" who were already very old and lived in seclusion there. Could it be that these four elders are the four elders of Shangshan who became immortals? Another old man said: Although the orange room is good, it was still destroyed. The fate is over, and it’s time for us to leave. ?After the master heard this, he regretted it. At this time, the rooster crows at dawn, and the four elders drift away with a breeze.
The Battle of Feishui
Xie An played chess to determine the morale of the army
In the Jin Dynasty more than 1,600 years ago, a famous battle broke out in which fewer people defeated more. War? Battle of Feishui. The Eastern Jin Dynasty defeated the former Qin army of 800,000 men, which was said to have one million men and horses, with 80,000 men.
In the winter of 383 AD, the cold wind howled, the earth wailed, and the capital of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was in panic. Fu Jian, the leader of the former Qin Dynasty, relied on himself to unify the vast world in the north. The power of the former Qin Dynasty was unprecedentedly strong, and the ethnic minorities in the north also surrendered to him. At this time, Fu Jian had millions of soldiers and thousands of generals. So he sent millions of troops to attack the Eastern Jin Dynasty to wipe out Jiangnan. Emperor Xiaowu of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Sima Yao, urgently summoned Prime Minister Xie An to the palace to discuss plans to defend against the enemy. Xie An calmly began: "Fu Jian's army is empty behind the troops, the front is too long, the troops are scattered, it is difficult to supply military supplies and food, and there is internal separation and disunity." The minister had already moved the dispersed people in Huaibei to Huainan, and established strong walls and cleared the fields to cut off their supply. In addition, it is difficult to gain a foothold. Emperor Xiaowu of Jin was overjoyed and ordered him to command 80,000 troops to fight against the Qin army. Xie An continued to play chess, play the piano, drink wine, compose poems, and never talk about the war. The leading general Xie Xuan was his nephew. Seeing his uncle like this, he couldn't help but feel extremely anxious. He rushed to Xie An's tent to ask about his uncle's plan to defeat the enemy. Xie An just casually said "Let's talk about it then" and said nothing. After returning home, Xie Xuan was restless and did not dare to ask questions again. But he could not let go, so he went to visit Xie An with the governor Xie Shi (Xie An's younger brother) and the auxiliary general Xie Yan (Xie An's son).
When the three of them entered Defu, Xie An knew that they were here for the war. However, Xie An kept silent about fending off enemies. Xie An calmly acted as if nothing was wrong. He ordered his family and concubine to go to Dongshan Villa for sightseeing. In the mountains and forests, a chess board was set up next to a stream. Xie An, his brother and nephew took turns playing chess, and the wheel battle began. Xie Xuan was secretly worried, but he didn't dare to ask. Xie Shi is Xie An's younger brother. He knows that he can only use the name of a governor. With Xie Xuan here, he doesn't ask anything. Xie An was unhurried and unhurried, playing chess like clouds and flowing water, playing the game with ease and ease.
As for Xie Shi, Xie Yan and Xie Xuan, they were all preoccupied, absent-minded and uneasy, thinking about the war in their minds. Their chess moves were inconsistent, and they either made bad moves or missed moves. Every one of them was defeated. Xie An didn't return home happily until sunset. The three of them were deeply influenced by Xie An and knew that Xie An was well prepared, so after returning, they each performed their duties and trained their troops. When the soldiers and civilians saw that, the people were calm and the country was not in chaos. The army and the people are ready to fight.
After the soldiers and horses of the former Qin Dynasty attacked Shouyang City, they ordered 50,000 troops to garrison Luojian. After the Qin army commander Fulong received the news that the Jin army was short of food, he immediately asked Fu Jian to send troops quickly to prevent the Jin army from retreating. After Fu Jian got the news, he immediately left his army in Xiangcheng, Henan Province. He led eight thousand light cavalry and galloped to Shouyang at starry night. When the Grand Governor Xie Shi and the Pioneer Governor Xie Xuan learned that the Qin army was not ready, Xie Xuan immediately ordered five thousand elite troops to attack Luojian. The general who led the army, Liu Laozhi, bravely defeated the enemy's army first, killing 15,000 of the enemy's troops, and won a complete victory. After the great victory at Luojian, Xie Shi ordered the entire army to advance by water, with a massive force of 80,000 elite soldiers. The Qin army was defeated and people were panic-stricken. Fu Jian on Shouyang City was panicked. There were Jin troops everywhere. Looking at the grass and trees on Bagong Mountain, they all looked like Jin soldiers. Asked why there were so many Jin troops? This is the origin of the idiom "every tree and grass are soldiers". Subsequently, in the decisive battle between the two armies at Feishui, the Jin army completely defeated the Qin army and won a decisive victory in the Battle of Feishui. When the news reached the Jin Dynasty, Xie An was playing chess with guests. His family gave him a handwritten letter written by Xie Xuan. It's the same thing, keep playing chess. When the guest asked what the letter said, Xie An replied nonchalantly: His nephews have defeated the enemy.
After the chess game was over and the guests were sent away, Xie An danced happily. When he turned to pass the door, he kicked the door threshold and broke the teeth of his clogs!