Tell the truest history in the simplest words.
Chinese chess has a long history in China, is a traditional Chinese chess puzzle game, belongs to a kind of two-person confrontation game, due to the simple use of tools, strong fun, has become a popular and widely popular chess activities. Its origins are very controversial.
Elephant play
The origin of chess
Before the development and formation of chess, it was active in the ancient world as "elephant play". According to the excavated documents, the first elephant plays that China came into contact with were transmitted from India through the Silk Road and were called Northern Zhou Elephant Plays. Some Soviet scholars questioned this and tried to refute the Indian origin theory.
In 1972, he concluded in "Chess - Symbol of the Universe" that chess first appeared in China in 569 AD, and listed many examples to prove his point, although I believed his words, but in the end it was still proved wrong, so the international theory is still dominated by the Indian origin theory.
Elephant play gameplay
Although the soviet scholars' claims have been refuted, and the international theory of Indian origin is the mainstay, I personally still believe that chess originated in China, and attached my point of view, of course, my point of view is only a kind of inference. To confirm my inference, it will take the tireless efforts of archaeologists.
Han Liu Xiang recorded the relevant activities of the Warring States Meng Yujun playing chess in the "Saying Yuan Shan Shu": "Yongmen Zhou adjusted Meng Yujun, and The Foot Yan fought chess, and also fought. There is also a record in the "Chu Ci Summoning Souls" that "castor chess, there are six thin", these facts at least show that the earliest widely spread chess in China did not come from India, but was a product of the Chinese nation itself.
Liu Bang Xiangyu
As for the earliest appearance in India or China, this is not something I can say, after all, the Indian literature is clearly laid out there, and there is no earlier antiquities on chess in China. So archaeologists, please!
The story behind the rules of chess
At the beginning of our chess learning, the seniors will teach us a recipe: "The horse takes the Japanese character, the elephant flies the field, the car takes the straight road, and the cannon overturns the mountain." The soldier took the oblique road to protect the general's side, and the pawn was gone. The car walked straight and the horse stepped obliquely, like a flying field cannon, and the pawn crossed the river. ”
The most basic rules of playing chess are summed up in these few crosses. There is also something that belongs to basic common sense that has not been summarized in the mantra, that is, the general and the handsome cannot meet. According to legend, the rule that generals and marshals cannot meet is popularized after Han Xin, the god of war, saw the war between Liu Bang and Xiang Yu.
Xiang Yu
According to relevant historical records, when the Chu-Han dispute reached a stalemate, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu came to Guangwu Mountain to talk. "The enemy is extremely red when they meet", Liu Bang, the king of Han, stood on the Guangwu Mountain and scolded Xiang Yu, the king of Western Chu, according to Xiang Yu's violent temper, he naturally could not tolerate it, so that the soldiers shot arrows at the mountain where Liu Bang was located, Liu Bang walked in a flexible "s" shape, caught the arrows shot by the Chu soldiers with his chest, and almost lost his life.
Afterwards, Han Xin learned from the experience between Liu Bang and Xiang Yu in the Chu-Han War, added a very important stroke in the process of chess transformation, and had the Chu River Han Realm, and attached the rule that the generals could not meet. After all, all scholars agree that in the formation and development of chess, chess is a reproduction of ancient wars on the chessboard.
In the game between the two sides, if the general is in the same straight line, and there is no barrier of knowing the pawns (soldiers) in the meantime, it must be the end of your life and death, so the rules stipulate that as long as any party takes the general into a meeting, it will be immediately judged as a loser (this is Liu Bang's blood pain for us).
Summary:
Let's talk to the readers a little bit more. It was really important that this Chu River Han Realm and the general could not meet. Let's take another example, when Zhuge Liang and Wang Situ had to meet just a wave in front of the two armies, Wang Situ, who dragged his old and decaying body, slowly walked into the front of the battle, and in front of Zhuge Liang, who was "stupid and wanted to move", it was like sending a piece of fat meat in his mouth.