Life motto in Chinese chess

Wen | Zhu Liang

I love Chinese chess. Although chess is not virtuous and unsophisticated, he always regards chess as a close friend and makes friends. Since the toddler in his teens, to the age of flower armor, he still enjoys it. Often wandering the Chu River Han world, lingering in chess scale duels, gradually experiencing the joy of Chinese chess, the beauty of culture and the philosophy of life, and the depth of love. In the middle of August 2023, I worked hard with the kings of the Chess Association of this city to successfully assist the Chinese Xiangqi Men's League to settle in my hometown Xiangxiang City. I have been awake for many days and nights, and I want to write this article to dedicate to chess friends across the country and to remember the grand event in the chess world.

1. The world is like a new chess game

Black and red games, there is no game of chess that is exactly the same. As the saying goes, water has no impermanence, and soldiers have no permanent situation, in fact, chess has no permanent law. That's the world. Everything is changing, and the only constant is change. Once people understand this truth, they should be willing to accept new things. Challenge new changes. Everything cannot be seen as immutable.

2. Losing a car is king

Whoever captures the opponent's marshal first wins. This is the only rule of Chinese chess for winning and losing. Therefore, in the game, when the shuai (general) is attacked and hunted down by the opponent, the side must mobilize all the pieces to keep it safe. Even if you go to the soup and fight for all your belongings, you can only save yourself with death, and you can't take half a step back! Because once the shuai (general) is killed, no matter how many forces you save, it is meaningless to win or lose. Life is like a chess game, and the big picture is king. When the big picture requires you to make sacrifices, you must step up and take risks. Don't be indignant about your efforts, or even leave with a life-and-death stake.

3. Location determines ability

The red and black sides of the Chu River Han Realm each have 16 chess pieces. If someone asks me which piece is the most powerful, my answer is that position determines ability. This is because each seed has its own name, function, and walking rules. In a game, the power of a pawn is directly determined by its position at that time. A horse that trippeds is not as good as a chicken, and a pawn who crosses the river is half a cart. A cannon without a rack is dumb, a vivid portrayal of the position determining the ability of the pawn! Life is not like that. Some people are proud of their talents, and even empty of everything. In fact, if people do not have a suitable location and platform, even if they have the ability to run the sky, they will not achieve anything.

Fourth, if you are not careful, you will lose all things

Evenly matched chess players often play abnormally due to their poor mentality and state in the game. It is not uncommon to come out of the smell, show flaws, and even lead to final defeat. This is just like life, there are often only a few steps at the critical point, and if you go wrong, you may be over, and even regret for life. Therefore, people must be disciplined and harsh, because the details determine success or failure, and everything is tied to the line.

5. There is no regret medicine in life

Not regretting is the integrity of the player, but also the iron law of the game. The formation of troops in the weighing room needs to be planned and then moved. Reckless trade and unbalanced offensive and defensive actions bring about a downward trend and even defeat. Pushing back and starting over on the playing field may be a game, and life cannot be assumed or repeated. Once you are wrong, you must pay a price to match.

6. The pawn crossed the river with the intention of eating handsome

The pawn cannot retreat across the river, and the bullets are raining down to eat handsome. This is both a chess rule and the fate of a pawn crossing the river. The intention is to eat handsome, although it is Sima Zhao's heart, passers-by know it, but why not? Players never hide it. Life often encounters the situation of river pawns, for the original intention, only by breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat, fighting bravely and retreating, can we survive in death and obtain a glimmer of life. Otherwise, death is the only option.

7. Life must not cross the line

If you do not leave the palace, the soldiers will not retreat. Shelling the horse jumping the sun. This is the basic law of Chinese chess and chess, no matter how innovative the opponent's chess skills are, this line can never be crossed. In the face of rules, innovation is never an excuse to abandon the line. Bottom-line thinking is indispensable in life. We should always be in awe of the existence of the bottom line, and we must not cross the thunder pool for half a step.

8 One will achieve ten thousand bones

A fierce fight, in the end, there will be countless deaths and injuries on both sides, or even ashes. In order to protect the handsome of their own side from being captured by the other party. And finally captured the opponent's handsome. Chinese chess tells us that success is never given for nothing. Victory must come at a price. Who can win without spending a single soldier and a cannon?

9. Fair competition is indispensable to authoritative adjudication

The greatest fairness of Chinese chess lies in the fact that opponents compete on the same starting line. Except for the negligible difference in successive hands, no one catches a good or bad hand at the beginning, which further stimulates the desire to compete against the player. There are frequent disputes over victory and defeat. It is not uncommon for violations of the law to repent or have no form of words and deeds that affect the opponent's mentality in playing chess. In fact, the chess rules have long been there, but they still cannot completely prevent violations from occurring, so it is necessary for the referee to be an impartial and authoritative judge. Whether everyone is in the Chu River Han Realm or in the fireworks world, they must leave a place for the judge in their hearts. Respect the judgment and authority of judges, and there will be a fairer order in life. The so-called good business environment is the rule of law, and this is the principle.

Ten True masters are not memorized by chess scores

The famous writer Jia Pingyu said that writers are not trained by university Chinese departments. Similarly, chess masters are not memorized by chess scores. The chess game is always ever-changing, and varied. Chess scores can be memorized, but only memorizing chess scores without actual combat training will be Handan toddlers, talking on paper, and finally unable to become a real master.

11. Watching chess is silent and true gentleman

It is not easy for a watcher to be able to watch chess without speaking. The gentleman's style is a realm, which depends on cultivation as a cultivation. When watching chess, I like to give advice or evaluate the quality of the head, which is actually a good teacher. It is also disrespect for the player. It hinders fair competition, or affects the mentality and normal performance of the players. Maybe you're really skilled, maybe you're just a bystander, but in either case, as long as it's not a discussion game, you shouldn't talk or condescendingly interfere to hinder the game of others. Otherwise, it is likely to be unpleasant and even cause quarrels and disgust. This is true of watching chess, and so is being a man, and it is also the style of a gentleman.

XII The authorities are confused and the bystanders are clear

It is not uncommon for good players to halo on the field. It's not surprising that even seasoned players make low-level mistakes in games they value. Usually at a glance, the trap is sometimes not visible. On the contrary, people who are onlookers, even if their chess skills are not as good as yours, sometimes have a clear eye. This is "the authorities are confused, the bystanders are clear". "I don't know the true face of Lushan Mountain, but I am in this mountain." Only a very few masters and sages can really see things out of the situation of right and wrong. Ordinary people, on the other hand, need to listen to and understand when life is confused.

XIII The pawns can never sit in their own palaces

There are two rules for pawns in the chess game: First, when lining up troops, they always stand at the forefront of the war to shield other pieces from the wind and rain. Second, the pawns can only brave the fire of war to advance forward, but cannot take half a step back. In the game, when your own side needs to preserve chess strength, the first to act as cannon fodder is a pawn. The pawn crossed the river with the intention of eating handsome. You can enter the opponent's palace to drink blood and fight, but under no circumstances can you hide in your own palace and steal peace, while other pawns can. This is the responsibility and destiny of a soldier as a pawn, and you can never complain about comparisons and shirk and escape.

XIV. The cannon is won because the cannon has no firing fulcrum

Aristotle said that if I was given a fulcrum, I could pry the whole earth. You can see the importance and power of the fulcrum. In the chess game, the skill of the horse cannon is difficult to distinguish. The key is whether the chess player is a good horse or a good cannon. A good horse can gallop horizontally, and a good cannon can shake the mountain. In the early stage of the killing, the lineup of the two sides is neat, the chess path is narrow, the horse often has chess pieces stumbling and it is difficult to use his fists and feet, and the cannon is fired at multiple points to show his power. The opposite is true when entering the chess game. Those who are good at playing are good at judging the time and sizing up the situation, and in different situations, they skillfully borrow the fulcrum and skillfully use chess power.

Fifteen When you know that your opponent is the emperor, you can no longer win chess

There is a folk story: One day, the emperor went out on patrol in micro-service, and happened to encounter two chess games against each other, and after coming forward to watch, the emperor asked the winner to fight, and as a result, all three games were lost. Above the entire court, the emperor never had any opponents, but today he was defeated. The two sides agreed to fight again the next day. As a result, the other party was helpless, the emperor won three consecutive games, and when the emperor left victoriously, the opponent suddenly knelt down to send off. Only then did the emperor understand that the opponent and yesterday judged the two because he already knew the true identity of his emperor today. Tolstoy said: When the bird's wings are tied with gold, the bird can no longer fly high. Although their game does not have a bet of gold, the reason why the opponent loses is because the opponent is the emperor. This story tells people that a chess player can only focus on the game when he has no distractions in his mind, and can he play normally. If you are limited by certain pressures and burdens, you will often play out of order.

16. Not being able to see through chess moves is not that your eyesight is not good, but that your practice is not enough

Seventeen Counting on one chess path to get all chess players is just fantasy

Chinese chess is vast and profound, and its life maxims are far more than these seventeen. I just doodled on the surface. The mining of rich minerals is endless. Waiting for you, waiting for him, waiting for everyone to come together.

Midsummer 2023 in Dragon City Lianshui Mei.