British scholar Joseph Needham's "History of Chinese Science and Culture", clearly put forward that chess is the invention of Chinese, it is the prevalence of yin and yang theory to give birth to the prototype of chess, and Chinese chess has also become a part of the long-standing Chinese culture after thousands of years of development, on the chessboard, we can not only see the cultural connotation and strategic ideas of both sides of the chess players, in fact, we can also see the various states of life, such as Kangxi chess.
In the "Secret Files of the Qing Palace" compiled by later generations, there is a story about Kangxi playing chess, when it was 1698 AD, Kangxi, who liked to hunt, set off with a group of people again, this time their destination was Mulan Hunting Ground, which was a hunting ground of more than 10,000 square kilometers specially opened by Kangxi to train the army, and Kangxi led the princes and elite soldiers to come here every year, this action was called "Mulan Qiumi".
When Kangxi led a group of people across the Isun River, he suddenly felt tired, so he ordered a rest and rectification, and then climbed a mountain (which may be a hillside), the peak of the mountain scenery is beautiful, when the breeze comes, the heart is relaxed, so Kangxi sat on the ground, chess hidden hair, ordered the minister Li Guangdi to play with him, Li Guangdi entered the palace as an official in 1670 AD, 28 years deeply by Kangxi cold and warm alternate attacks, knowing Kangxi's disposition, so this story began.
The first is to play chess with the person who holds the authority in his hand, winning or not winning is not a matter of level, or a kind of human sophistication, some people you want to win him, but some people you must lose, in the face of people like Kangxi, Li Guangdi understands that he must lose, of course, can not lose very obviously, so Li Guang's turf let Kangxi win dangerously, so that Kangxi felt blind to all sentient beings for a while, so he called war one after another.
But everyone had the same mind as Li Guangdi, knowing that the emperor's chess was not easy to win or lose, so they did not dare to come forward, and Kangxi had to say: "Win a heavy reward!" And under the heavy reward there must be a brave man, a guard can not stay still when he hears it, and goes forward to ask for a chess, calling himself that Renfu, Kangxi is of course very satisfied, waving his hand accurately, but the ministers know that this Renfu has a tendon, so that the eyes let him not mix, but since that Renfu is a tendon, naturally he can't understand such a hint.
And after the game, that Renfu did not consider the identity of the other party, upright kneeling, single-mindedly thinking of winning chess, it just so happened that Renfu was originally a skilled chess person, not long after leading 3 pawns across the river, and then stepped on Kangxi's car, Kangxi may not have encountered this posture in his life, anxious to sweat, his face was red, the atmosphere was not very good at that time, but that Renfu was still unaware.
The eunuch could not bear that a bodyguard would bury his future or bury his life because of anger to Tianzi, just in time to catch a glimpse of a deer running in the distance, so he turned his head excitedly and kangxi said: "Long live Grandpa, just sneak past a big tiger!" It is difficult to say whether Kangxi was really interested in tigers at this time, or just wanted to find a step down, in short, he was very happy to stand up, ready to go hunting tigers, and before leaving, he threw a sentence at Na Renfu: "You are here to guard and don't leave, wait until you come back and then come down!" ”
Who thought of such a sentence, actually buried a person's life, Kangxi then took a bow and arrow to find the tiger, all the ministers and men and horses followed, leaving only the guards kneeling on the top of the mountain, the result of Kangxi tiger did not hunt, the chessboard also forgot, and when he was ready to return to Beijing after 10 days, suddenly passed by this mountain, he remembered that there was another chessboard covenant, but it was not clear whether there was anyone on the mountain, but he still went on horseback, but the scene in front of him shocked him.
It turned out that since he was ordered not to leave, Na Renfu had never left, as an inferior bodyguard, no one remembered his whereabouts, so he actually allowed a big living person to kneel in such a place and starve to death, but seeing the scene in front of him, Kangxi thought: "Jun and no faith, why do you think of Jun", although these 8 words have become famous words, but in fact, this chess story is far more than so simple, there are too many places worth pondering.
First of all, "the wrath of the Son of Heaven, the corpses are buried, and the blood is thousands of miles", the high concentration of imperial power has turned the Kangxi chessboard into a crisis and a trap; secondly, "the saint respects the small and cautious, and does not lose time", in the face of such a game of chess Li Guangdi has long learned to protect himself; and finally, "Du Kou wrapped his feet, Mo Ken is Qin Er", that Renfu absolutely only dares not go because of pedantic stubbornness, but has concerns, the family has obstacles, and does not dare to bear the risk of being connected after leaving. So life is like a chessboard.