What is the oldest surviving Go game?
The Dunhuang Book of Chess is part of more than 40,000 volumes of scriptures and manuscripts found in the Thousand Buddha Caves in Dunhuang in 1900, and was brought to England by Stein in 1903 and is now preserved in the British Museum. According to the research of the famous archaeologist Mr. Cheng Enyuan, the writing date of the "Dunhuang Chess Classic" is the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
How to divide the ranks of ancient Go?
According to the twelfth chapter of the "Thirteen Chapters of the Book of Chess", the grade of Go is divided into nine types: one is called "entering the gods", the second is sitting photos, the third is concrete, the fourth is quiet, the fifth is wisdom, the sixth is small, the seventh is fighting strength, the eighth is foolishness, and the ninth is clumsy. One product is the top, and the ninth product is the bottom.
What was the first Go official position?
"Chess to be edicted" is an official position established during the Tang Dynasty to recruit Go masters from all over the world. This also illustrates the grand development of Go in the Tang Dynasty at that time. Chess waiting for the edict to wait for the Hanlin Academy, there is no rank, but it is of great significance.