Chapter 16 Chapter 16 Life Is Like Chess
Everything is worse than a book in hand, and the moon is often used in life.
——Jin Yong
To me, reading is the most important thing in life, second only to breathing air, drinking water, eating, and sleeping.I once thought: in prison for ten years, I can read the world's books in prison, or in ten years of full freedom, but I am not allowed to read any books and periodicals-the two are my choice, and I must choose "study in prison".
——Jin Yong
After the "May Storm", Hong Kong's real estate was at a low ebb. Jin Yong bought a three-story western-style building in Jardine's Lookout on Hong Kong Island with a mortgage at a low price of 400,000 Hong Kong dollars, and lived here for nearly ten years.The environment of the western-style building is quiet, there is a large garden in front of the door, and the outer walls are all light-colored. Compared with the luxurious villas in the neighbors, the appearance is very simple, and it is especially special in the rich and noble Jardine's Lookout.
Jin Yong likes to read books.Shen Baoxin, who was with his classmate in the third grade of junior high school, said: "He has loved reading since he was a child. When he was a classmate, I saw him reading every day. He read for hours, and he read very attentively and seriously." After he arrived in Hong Kong , especially in the early 1960s, I felt that my English was not good enough, so I made up my mind to learn English well.There is an iron cabinet one person high in his house. When he opens the drawer, there are small cards filled with English words and short sentences, and he limits how much he can memorize every day.Ni Kuang later said that although Jin Yong's English has some accents, his English is very advanced.
Jin Yong reads for about four hours a day, and of course not every day, unless he has entertainment.He reads very complicatedly. If he encounters some problems, he will stay at home and read books in his study from morning to night until he understands and is satisfied.Among friends, colleagues and subordinates, he is regarded as "the walking encyclopedia".Ni Kuang said that there was only one time when he was asked "what is the Queen's surname", and he could not answer immediately.Sometimes I specially asked him some relatively remote questions, and he passed the test smoothly. The most impressive time was asking him: "What is the ancient name of cockroach?" He replied: "Cockroach."
He can stay at home and read books all day. Pan Yaoming, who often travels with him, said, "When waiting at the airport, he never waits. He always looks for books in bookstores."
From Jardine's Lookout to Victoria Peak, the study room is the most important in his home. In 1975, Shen Xicheng walked into his study at Jardine's Lookout for the first time and found——
The entire study room is like a vast ocean. The hemp blue carpet covers a space of more than a thousand feet. The bookshelves from the walls to the top are filled with all kinds of books. There is a big desk in the corner. Sitting on it is not what the ancients called sitting in a book city. What?
I have seen many study rooms, but few are as big as Jin Yong's.With an area of more than 1,000 feet, it is like a floor of an ordinary house.
There is also a library downstairs.According to the most conservative estimate, there are tens of thousands of books in Jin Yong's collection.He claimed that there are no rare books, some are bought for the interests of a certain period, such as music, dance, movies, books on Go, some books on Buddhism; some are necessary reference books for writing, such as books on political economy, history Books on earth and some books on martial arts.
In Lin Xingzhi's memory, "The only bookshelf with the most style was in the study room of Mr. Cha Liangyong's Jardine's Hill mansion. At that time, this study room was known as the 'most expensive study room', with an area of more than 1,000 square feet. It’s not expensive’, I remember there is a storage room in Zha Zhai Garden, but the author has never visited it.”
The big desk in the corner of the study is where Jin Yong writes martial arts novels and reads during the day, and at night he goes to work for Ming Pao and writes editorials.Day after day, year after year, his life is very regular and step-by-step. He writes martial arts novels in the big study during the day and writes editorials in the Ming Pao office at night. The entertaining martial arts novels and serious editorials do not interfere with each other. Write on each table.
After divorcing Zhu Mei, Jin Yong gave her the villa in Jardine's Mountain, and first moved to North Point Mid-Levels, and then moved to Taiping Mountain.
From Jardine to Victoria Peak, they are the best residential areas in Hong Kong.Taiping Mountain, commonly known as Pulling the Flag Mountain, overlooks Victoria Harbour. After sunset, you can enjoy the night view of the "Pearl of the Orient".His home is at No. 1 Peak Road. It is a large bungalow with an area of tens of thousands of square feet and an astonishingly large garden. It is said that the renovation cost alone cost one million yuan. "The villa covers an area of about 2,000 square meters. The main structure is a two-story building. The whole design can be described as a combination of Chinese and Western. Of course, the pavilions, waterside pavilions, and winding paths in the garden are quite national, but the swimming pool is absolutely Western." (In 1996, he auctioned No. 1 Peak Road, and the transaction price was 190 million Hong Kong dollars.) Ni Kuang went to visit the new house when he moved, and his first impression was that "the indoor telephone must be installed", otherwise it would be difficult to take care of the cohabitation on the first floor.
Rover said, recalling that in the 1950s, Jin Yong rented a house and lived at the foot of Victoria Peak. Now he lives on the top of Victoria Peak and is at the peak. The garden-style luxury house, up and down the mountain, the rise of generations!When Ruian Wen stepped into Jin Yong's home for the first time, he had three special impressions:
1. His hall is very wide, but the most striking thing for a "bookworm" like me is that the wall cabinets around are full of books, all of which are hardcover, paperback, thread-bound, and suits, all thick Thick and thin, big and small books that shake my heart.
2. His desk is in the middle hall, with floor-to-ceiling windows, one can see the night view of the entire Victoria Harbour. The night view of Hong Kong is world-renowned. At night, the lights of thousands of houses flicker lively and silently, which is really breath-taking.
3. His bathroom is as big as a conference hall, with elegant bath equipment, expensive carpets, and sports equipment.Ni Kuang joked in the future that he could see what Jin Yong was doing through a telescope from his place (Saixi Lake Building). Once he called and told Jin Yong what he was doing, which really shocked Jin Yong.Regardless of whether Ni Kuang's statement is true or not, Jin Yong's house does have a large window, it is indeed very bookish, and it is very comfortable. Once you sit down, you are reluctant to leave.
At that time, Jin Yong had little control over the specific editorial affairs of "Ming Pao", and spent most of his time hiding at home reading books and playing Go.Mainland reporter Ge Jihong visited No. 1 Peak Road, "In his study, almost all of what we saw were hardcover books in foreign languages."In fact, there are also a large number of ancient books such as "Integration of Ancient and Modern Books", "Twenty-Four Histories of the School Book", "Hanfenlou Series", as well as a large number of books on literature, history, art, and Go.Careful people found that most of his books were worn out, "obviously they were read from time to time."Many people who have been to his study have mentioned the 100-volume "Tripitaka", which occupies two entire rows of bookshelves. On the afternoon of April 12, 1981, accompanied by Ni Kuang, Du Nanfa, a reporter from Nanyang Commercial Daily, walked into his study and living room. He saw only books on the walls. When he got closer, most of them were books about Buddhism. There are all kinds of languages, and there is also a whole set of "Tripitaka" that he has mostly read.
Liao Yanping, who met Jin Yong with Wen Rui'an, asked naively: "Mr. Cha, have you ever been unhappy?" He smiled and said: "Yes." Then asked: "Then how do you live when you are unhappy? He said, "Isn't it over after a short sleep?"
In fact, there are times when I can’t sleep well. "In October 1976, my 19-year-old eldest son, Chuan Xia, suddenly committed suicide at Columbia University in New York. Suicide? Why did you suddenly despise life?' I thought of going to Yinshi to meet with Chuanxia, and ask him to explain this question to me." In the face of sudden death, all wealth and all external fame and fortune became empty.This may be the biggest blow he encountered in his life. He said: "I have been very happy in Hong Kong for decades. Except for the death of my eldest son, the divorce of my ex-wife, and the death of many good friends, I have no major unhappiness. In I was very happy when I was studying in elementary school, middle school, and university, but during the Anti-Japanese War, material life was more difficult, but spiritual life was also very happy.” The death of his son made him heartbroken, and he tried his best to comfort himself with a story in the book:
There was a mother whose son died. She was very sad and cried from morning to night.She went to ask the priest why her son died and whether he could bring him back to life?The priest said: "Yes, you can take a bowl and beg from family to family. If there is a family that has not died, let them give you a grain of rice. If you beg for ten grains of rice, your son will be resurrected." The woman was very happy, so she went to beg.But all the way begging, I found that there was no family that had not died. In the end, I didn't beg for a single grain of rice.She realized that the death of a loved one is unavoidable for any family.So she began to feel comforted.
In the following year, Jin Yong read countless books, explored the mysteries of "life and death", and studied in detail "The Concern for Death" published in the UK. Dr. Toynbee's long article on death contained many superb insights, but he answered The big question about "life and death of human beings" in his heart can't be ignored.This question can only be answered in religion.He had read the Bible from beginning to end in high school, recalled the main points of the book, thought over and over again, and he was sure that the teachings of Christianity were not in line with his ideas. Then he suddenly realized (or sincerely hoped) the immortality of the dead, So I went to Buddhist books to find the answer.
In extreme pain, Jin Yong began to study Buddhist scriptures, trying to find the answer to life and death.
Jin Yong's martial arts novels are full of elements of Buddhism and Taoism, and Shaolin and Wudang often appear. He is no stranger to Buddhism.Some people think that the "Nine Yin Manual" is the "Surangama Sutra", thinking that he wrote the "Shurangama Sutra" after reading it. On October 9, 2003, he said at Famen Temple in Shaanxi: "In fact, I wrote novels first, and then I started to really study these Zen scriptures."
"The realm of Buddhist scriptures is quite in conflict with martial arts novels. It requires people to minimize their desires and keep their emotions indifferent. This is harmful to artistic creation. Novels should always have as strong emotions as possible, and the clearer the inner conflicts, the better." The requirements of Buddhism not only conflict with martial arts novels, but also conflict with his real life.
One day in 1980, Jin Yong calmly lit a cigarette in Taiwan and was not in a hurry to smoke. He watched a long piece of ash rolling down, and then said to Gao Xinjiang and Zhang Dachun that Buddhism often talks about "change" , through "change", "Buddhism does not believe that life is one-way and perfect in any aspect. Sadness is not always sad, but not limited to sadness; joy is not always happy, not limited to joy. The same reason can explain the difference between great men and beautiful people. It is always difficult to get rid of the law of nature, and it is destined to decay and grow old. This is the so-called impermanence, the so-called dazedness."He also talked about the "fate" emphasized in Greek classical tragedies, and the "karma" of Buddhism. He said that he said too much, "Personally, I am just a beginner in Buddhism, and I practice the ancient primitive Buddhism. … ...Some people study Buddhism for the sake of studying knowledge...Some people practice Buddhism out of faith, even if they can't read many scriptures, as long as they are enlightened, they can gain something."
In 1981, Jin Yong visited the mainland and returned to Hong Kong. He said to the reporter of Ming Pao Monthly: "In recent years, I have believed in Buddhism. I am ashamed of the various mistakes I have made in my life. I hope to work hard to be better to others. But in fact, there is no real truth. Do good things.” Buddhism made him have some introspection, what “mistakes” he made in his life, he did not say.
There are already voluminous Buddhist scriptures translated into Chinese. After reading a few simple introductory books, Jin Yong felt that there were too many superstitions and falsehoods in them, which did not conform to his understanding of the real world, but he still reluctantly read on.Later, when he read "Miscellaneous Agama Sutra", "Middle Agama Sutra" and "Long Agama Sutra", he forgot to eat and sleep for several months, studied hard, and devoted himself to thinking. Suddenly he had a realization: "The truth is here. It must be true. That's right."
Chinese Buddhist scriptures are too complicated, and sometimes one or two words have completely different meanings, making it difficult to understand. "The annotations of some Buddhist scriptures are difficult to understand, and the more I read them, the more confused I become. I only read the English translations directly from India, which are easier to understand." Jin Yong ordered a complete set of English translations of "Original Buddhist Sutras" from the Pali Literature Society in London. English Buddhist scriptures are much easier to read.The content of Theravada Buddhist scriptures is concise and plain, and very close to real life. He believes that the Buddha has indeed realized the true truth of life and passed this truth (that is, "Buddhism") to the world.After long-term thinking, investigation, questioning, and continuing to study, he finally accepted it sincerely and wholeheartedly.The Buddha Dharma solved the big question in his heart, and his heart was full of joy and endless joy—"I see, I finally understand!" It took about a year and a half from pain to joy.
Then Jin Yong studied the "Vimalakirti Sutra", "Shurangama Sutra" and "Prajna Sutra" in the Mahayana Buddhist scriptures, and he had doubts again.Until he read the "Miaofa Lotus Sutra", after long-term thinking, he finally realized that the original Mahayana classics are mainly "miaofa", using seven wonderful methods to promote and explain Buddhism, so that people with lower intelligence and poor comprehension people can understand and accept.He understands the meaning of the word "miaofa", so he can't be disgusted with the fantasy-filled exaggeration in Mahayana Buddhist scriptures.This process from great pain to great joy took about two years.
"In this world, everyone has needs in life, so they must have desires. The needs for food, clothing, housing and transportation must be met. People want to carry on the family line, and want to marry a spouse.... I once had a stage of working hard to make money, but I also realized that a People live for decades, and eventually they will die. Once they die, they will have nothing. If all the decades are spent with the goal of getting 10,000, 20,000, 80,000, or 100,000 more money, the heart will be full of Greed, emptiness, doubt, loneliness, frustration, fear, sorrow, loss, hatred, annoyance...isn't it worth it?"
Jin Yong listened to his grandmother recite the "Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra", "Diamond Sutra" and "Miaofa Lotus Sutra" since he was a child. After sixty years, he entered the realm of Buddhism through painful exploration and pursuit.He said that among the various sects of Chinese Buddhism, the one closest to him spiritually is the "Prajna School".
In 1981, Dunant asked him why he became interested in Buddhism. He replied: "Religion is a kind of mystical experience. If you believe it, you believe it. If you don't believe it, you don't believe it. I believe that life is like this, so I believe it....Writing novels is the pursuit of beauty. When I write editorials, I try to figure out what is true and false, whether the reasons are sufficient and whether it is sufficient, and whether it is right or wrong. As for Buddhism, it belongs to religion The category of sex is a question of whether you believe or not, and there is no reason to talk about it.” In order to be able to read Buddhist scriptures directly, Jin Yong even learned Sanskrit, but he said that what he learned was only the fur of the superficial, almost tantamount to not understanding.
Jin Yong spent several years compiling hundreds of catchy poems based on his experience in studying Buddhist scriptures and the stories and meanings in Buddhist scriptures. In those years, he spent one-third of his time on this matter.Ni Kuang saw a stack of thick manuscripts that he had carefully written and proofread, but they had never been published. I don't know why.
In the 1980s, there was a debate on qigong and supernatural powers in the supplement of "Ming Pao". Different authors on the same page had diametrically opposite opinions.Jin Yong believed in these things. He happened to talk about qigong during a dinner. Editor Ouyang Bi expressed his disbelief. He said seriously: "You don't believe it, it might exist." He also took out a black qigong from his trouser pocket. The wallet said, "Look, this wallet of mine was originally fine, but a qigong master used his finger on it and burned a hole." She took a closer look, and there was a pan on the fairly new black wallet. The white damage is about the size of a fingernail.Ouyang Bi is still not convinced, but Jin Yong is convinced.But after thinking about it, she seemed to understand, didn't the performance of the qigong master indirectly prove the reasonableness of the plots and various martial arts in his martial arts novels?
Wang Shiyu, who is known as a "ghost in newspapers", likes to study medicine, divination, astrology, and astrology in his spare time. He loves to chat with strange people and strangers. Jin Yong will also introduce people with supernatural powers to Wang Shiyu.
Ni Kuang said that his subordinates thought that Jin Yong was serious and unsmiling, but in fact he was very lively by nature. keep friends."Once a few friends came to the study room of his office, and he wanted to write an editorial at his desk. The guests were both male and female, making a lot of noise, and they often went to his desk to make phone calls, but he didn’t interfere. Let the guests feel embarrassed to quarrel with him.Having known each other for many years, Ni Kuang only saw him lose his temper twice and a half.
Ni Kuang likes people who are more open. He and Jin Yong are very close, and they have already talked well, but there are still some things that need to be scrupled.
In addition to Ni Kuang, Zhang Che, Huang Zhan, and Cai Lan are also good friends of Jin Yong. He said: "It is relatively difficult to make confidantes and friends when you get older, because it is not like when you were young, you can confide in your heart without any interest and no scheming. Confidentially without reservation." Zhang Che is slightly older than him, he is Zhang Che's marriage witness, Zhang Che has always called him "Brother Cha", or called him "Brother En" by the usual address used by the landlord of Huanzhu, "He is always better than I am mature, calm, and wise. I have some advice for me, but I cannot write it here because it is too 'personal' to me. However, I am grateful for my whole life. He is really the number one good friend in my life. Therefore, I have always spoken from the bottom of my heart. Brother, age is just a number."
Jin Yong also married Huang Zhan. On the last night of 1988, he invited many friends to spend at home to welcome 1989.In the early morning of New Year's Day, director Huang Zhan and writer Lin Yanni, who have been in love for many years, held a simple but grand wedding ceremony. Jin Yong was the witness. "Ming Pao" also published "Our Newsletter" that day.The wedding was just an episode, and Huang and Lin still broke up.
A senior Hong Kong journalist said that when he was young, Jin Yong had a very narrow life circle.At that time, it was popular to watch striptease in Hong Kong. "Jin Yong has been there with his friends. Once, he went to Kowloon City with his friends to watch striptease. However, he started once and stopped twice. He is not keen on singing every night at all." life".
Ni Kuang said that Jin Yong likes driving cars, especially sports cars.At first it was a small Triumph sports car, and later it was the Jaeger E-type.His typical speed in the Jaeger E-Type was twenty-six miles an hour.Later, it was changed to a Porsche, and in his hands, the average speed increased slightly, but it was only thirty miles per hour.Someone asked him: "Do you overtake in a sports car?" He replied: "Of course you overtake. Every tram, you must overtake!" This is the word "steady" in his character.
Jin Yong is not addicted to alcohol, and he claims to have "never been drunk", but in fact he drinks less, so of course he will not get drunk.Hu Juren said that he usually doesn't drink at all, but that doesn't count.He invited Wen Ruian and others to have dinner in the restaurant, and he ordered a pot of Shaoxing rice wine and drank it warm.The character Qiao Feng in his works drank a thousand cups without getting drunk. He said: "I don't know how to drink, so I wrote Qiao Feng as a very good drinker." , Jin Yong, who usually doesn’t drink much baijiu, ordered Beijing Erguotou.Dong Peixin saw him in 2010 and said that he was still the old man who likes to be lively and still likes to drink.He is a man who knows wine and tastes.
He said that in his later years, he still kept in touch with Cai Lan and Ni Kuang, "but they didn't have much in common. They were mainly talking about running a newspaper, and I didn't have much interest in it. I don't have much interest in movies now. Everyone just talks about romance. Let’s talk about the situation of old friends. I can’t talk about food with Cai Lan. I don’t like what he likes. I’m from Shanghai, and I like Huaiyang cuisine and Sichuan cuisine.”He said to Cai Lan: "You talk about delicious food, I will never eat it." Cai Lan is a Singaporean, and he doesn't like all the things he likes. Do not eat."He eats relatively light food in Hong Kong, and he especially likes to eat sea fish.He also likes the lightness, lightness and flavor of Hangzhou cuisine.
Ni Kuang said that he is not particular about food, and the same is true of clothes. Naturally, the materials of clothes are the best, but the styles are his own and are not affected by trends. Shen Xicheng met Jin Yong for the first time in 1975:
That day, he was wearing a suit, probably in the 1960s, with a wide hem. The collar of the white shirt was slightly turned up, and the tie around his neck was also pulled obliquely, not securely. The ground knot is in the middle of the collar, and the pair of leather shoes, I believe, have not been oiled for a while, so that dust has covered the uppers of the shoes, covering up the blackness.
Jin Yong smokes and quits smoking a lot, and he still smokes heavily in middle age, and believes in the theory that middle-aged people cannot quit smoking.
On July 18, 1981, in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Deng Xiaoping took out a Panda brand cigarette and handed it to him. He quickly stood up and said, "Don't dare! You are an elder, and I have always admired you. How can you light me a cigarette?" Deng Xiaoxiao said: "We talk like this , we are friends, please sit down quickly. In the army, the soldiers light cigarettes for me, and I also light cigarettes for the soldiers. We all live and die together. What’s so great about lighting cigarettes?” He was in awe, thinking at the time: “ I can also fight under your subordinates and be a soldier, that's fine!"
This past event, Jin Yong still remembers it vividly in his later years, and he talked about it to young reporters with relish.After Deng Xiaoping passed away, he felt very sad. The scene of smoking and talking with Deng Xiangxiang sixteen years ago seemed to be in front of him.
When Wen Rui'an first met Jin Yong, he smoked and chatted at the same time.
At the end of the 1980s, the hospital found out that he had a heart problem, and he started to quit smoking. Ouyang Bi once met him in the elevator of the Ming Pao Building. He seemed to be chewing something, and asked him if he was quitting smoking. He nodded.
In 1995, Jin Yong underwent a major operation, of course he had to quit smoking.Recalling that he and Cai Lan drank whiskey, smoked and chatted with each other, it was a great joy in life.Since he had a heart attack, he can no longer smoke cigarettes or drink strong alcohol. However, he still likes to sit next to Cai Lan at banquets. First, he gets used to it. Second, he can whisper to each other that others at the banquet do not like him. If you talk about it, you can enjoy it together, and if you can smell some of the residual gas from Cai Lan's cigarettes, you can feel a little bit more addicted to it.
Jin Yong is an "extremely introverted person who doesn't like to socialize and is not good at speaking. Playing Go is his greatest interest. When no one is playing chess, he even plays chess with himself."
Jin Yong's interest in Go has never diminished since he became a chess player in the early 1930s.At that time, Weiqi was very popular in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. "There are always people playing chess in every relatively large teahouse, and there are often piles of people watching chess in the student dormitories of middle schools and universities."Haining, his hometown, is the hometown of Go. In the Qing Dynasty, there were chess masters Fan Xiping and Shi Ding'an.In the old days, there was a small pavilion in his house, where his grandfather played chess with guests. There was a couplet hanging on it: "People's hearts have no calculations, and national players sometimes lose." When he was a child, he couldn't understand what it meant.When he was in middle school, it was during the Anti-Japanese War, and the flames of war were raging. He often played chess with his classmates after class.When he transferred to Quzhou Middle School, he brought Go.It is said that when he went to Chongqing for the university entrance examination, he took a chemistry test one day, and he and two classmates rested in a teahouse. He occasionally played Go with a tea guest, and he left the game. When I arrived at the examination room, fortunately the invigilator made an exception and allowed me to enter the examination room.It is not too much to say that he is a chess fan.
When working in Ta Kung Pao and New Evening News, Jin Yong often played Go with Liang Yusheng, Nie Gannu, etc., and also wrote "Go talk" such as "Miscellaneous Go":
Go is a much more complex intellectual game than chess.The thirty-two chess pieces are less and less, but the three hundred and sixty-one chess pieces are more and more. When it comes to the middle game, the clues are complicated, and the whole body is moved by one move. In all directions, hundreds of chess pieces are connected to each other. , extremely complex.Among the people I know, after learning to play Go for a year or two, there is almost no one who doesn't sleep and forget food and love it.The ancients called it "Wooden Fox", because the chessboard is made of wood, and it is as haunting as a vixen.In my martial arts novel, I wrote that Taoist Mu Sang was obsessed with chess and tried every means to find chess friends. There are indeed such people in life.
In his writing, chess is like life, and life is like chess.His love for Go is revealed in his martial arts novels, from to, there are descriptions of Go, "People often ask me about the various ways of playing Go. As far as direct influence and relationship are concerned, the process of reasoning in Go and The organization and structure of creating martial arts novels are very close. Between scrutiny, there are too many changes, and it takes too long, and this kind of art gradually becomes out of fashion. ... But the training of Go has another inspiration for me. Among other things One is 'change'. Mr. Shen Junshan once told me: the current computer cannot handle the vast number of variables contained in Go. This reminds me of what Buddhism and Taoism have revealed: the world is full of changes, and the flow is endless. The second is 'slow', which is in conflict with the attitude towards life in the current Western civilized society. The beauty of slowness lies in contemplation and savoring. If Go can become a common entertainment in Western society, it may help many people to become more A deep understanding of life."
Jin Yong uses chess to describe and describe people, and to describe the various states of life and the various states of the human heart, which are fully displayed.In the "Zhenlong Chess Game" in the book, different people face their own destiny in front of this chess game.
Fan Bailing, who had been addicted to chess all his life, stared at the chess game, his eyes darkened, and he spurted out mouthfuls of blood.Murong Fu, who was bent on revisiting the old dream of the dynasty, had been meditating on the chess game for a long time.Duan Yanqing, the head of the "Four Great Evil Men", "full of evil", who is the prince of Dali, looked at him, and the thoughts of suicide that had been dormant in his heart came up again.Only Xu Zhu, a young monk from Shaolin Temple who has no distractions and nothing else——
As soon as he came up, he closed his eyes and made a random move, until he killed a large number of white pieces, which greatly violated the basic chess theory. Anyone who knows a little bit of chess theory would never make this move.That is tantamount to committing suicide with a sword or a horizontal knife.Unexpectedly, after he closed his eyes and made a move and killed a large piece of his own white pieces, the situation suddenly became brighter. Although the black pieces had a huge advantage, the white pieces had room to maneuver, and they were no longer tied to each other like before. . ... If Xu Zhu hadn't closed his eyes and made this stupid move, probably in another thousand years, no one will be able to solve this "Zhen Long".
In the Ming Pao editorial, Go will also become the theme. On June 30, 1968, the editorial "Lin Haifeng Received the Honor of Honinbo" said: "A few years ago, the mainland also paid great attention to Go. The young master Chen Zude from the mainland can already compete with Japan's top nine-dan players. Originally developed Going on, with the superiority of our people's nature, we will not be able to overwhelm Japan in the first place. But after the "Cultural Revolution", all cultures were revolutionized, and Go is no exception. Chen Zude, Wu Songsheng and others don't know what's going on recently. Looking north to Shenzhou , I am very disappointed."
On March 9, 1971, he said in the editorial "Go and the CCP's Strategy" that Go contains many Chinese philosophies of life and struggle, and studying Go to understand the Chinese way of struggle is also one of the paths.In Chinese history, Xie An, Emperor Wu of Liang, Zeng Guofan, Wu Peifu, etc. not only understood strategy, but also liked Go. The CCP generals who can play Go include Chen Yi, and the Kuomintang has Zhou Zhirou.Neither Mao nor Chiang played chess.
On August 26, 1973, he published a social commentary "If you don't concentrate, you can't do it". Starting from the national Go player Chen Zude's repeated defeats in Japan, during the "Cultural Revolution", not only Chen's chess skills regressed, "Over the years, the Chinese Go world There are no new talents. There are very few other walks of life."
Jin Yong once worshiped Wang Licheng, an apprentice of Go master Lin Haifeng, and also learned chess from Nie Weiping and others. The media reported that "Nie Chess Master" broke the record by eating crabs at his house. On March 19, 1993, Jin Yong became the guest of Zhongnanhai for the third time. Ding Guangen hosted a banquet for him at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse and specially invited Nie Weiping to accompany him.Xiwen Ding Guangen asked Nie Weiping: "How many Go disciples do you have?" Nie replied: "The best disciple is Ma Xiaochun, but the only one who has really worshiped as a teacher is Mr. Cha." Ding said: "Why do you call your apprentice Mr. Cha?" Nie replied: "I admire Mr. Cha's novels, and he is much older than me. We are two older." Ding Guangen asked again: "Is Mr. Cha's Go the best in Hong Kong?" Nie pondered for a while , said: "I am the first among the famous people in Hong Kong." Everyone laughed, but Jin Yong said: "Even among the famous people in Hong Kong, my Go is definitely not the first."
On December 24, 1985, Jin Yong was with Chen Zude and Nie Weiping
Jin Yong and Wu Qingyuan played chess in 1986
Jin Yong and Hao Keqiang play chess at home
Taiwan's "Go" magazine gave Jin Yong the title of "Hong Kong Chess Celebrity", and some people say that it was first proposed by Hong Kong writer Sima Changfeng.Ni Kuang greatly appreciates this title, because it shows that the name is well-known, and the low chess ability can be imagined.This is also his self-deprecation. There are also many people in the editorial department of "Ming Pao" who love to play Go and subscribe to some Japanese Go magazines.
Hu Juren and Jin Yong are chess friends, and their chess skills are comparable.Jin Yong claims to be an "impulsive school", who can win big in chess, and often loses big; while Juren is a "steady school", who loses but does not collapse.Jin Yong loves Go, "especially after the death of his eldest son, his love for Go is almost crazy."
Originally, Jin Yong had to write editorials back to the society every night, but when he played Go, he didn't even write editorials, and Xu Dongbin wrote it, and sometimes Pan Yuesheng would do it for him. In 1982, Chen Zude went to Hong Kong for medical treatment, and Jin Yong specially invited him to his home to recuperate, and stayed there for more than half a year.Jin Yong invited Luo Jianwen to his home. "Every day, the two of them teach me a game of chess, and they start with eight pieces. From the eighth piece, the seven, six, and five pieces will improve. When Mr. Chen Zude's condition improved and he left Hong Kong for Shanghai, then he started to let the fourth piece go. After that, I asked Nie Weiping, Wang Licheng, Lin Haifeng, Wu Qingyuan and other teachers to give advice. Friends in the Go world joked at the time: "Miya Shi's disciples have the most Go moves, and Cha Liangyong's masters have the most Go steps."... At first I just played chess with others, and I didn’t understand the theory of chess at all. Until a group of good masters taught chess theory from time to time, I knew a lot, and I also memorized a lot of set patterns, Tesuji, etc., and my level naturally improved. In fact, my chess is still bad. Playing chess, put four sunspots on your own and talk (ask the opponent to give up four)."
Jin Yong made friends with Shen Junshan, Yu Yingshi, Mou Zongsan and others through Go.Among them, Shen Junshan played the best chess. Shen Junshan gave Jin Yong three pieces and Yu Yingshi two pieces.Mou Zongsan was a little worse than the two of them, but he was very addicted to chess. Jin Yong invited Mou to play chess on Sunday, and Mou must come.She Yingshi played a game of chess with him, and Yu lost.However, Jin Yong always believed that Yu's chess was better than him, but he accidentally let him gain the upper hand at the beginning, and there was no way to turn, so the game was lost.
Lin Haifeng, Chen Zude, and Hao Keqiang all taught him chess, and they are very friendly.There are several Japanese friends who cannot understand the language and can only talk in Chinese characters, but they became friends because of playing chess.
Ouyang Bi remembers the first time in 1986 or 1987 as a guest at the Chajia Villa at No. 1 Hilltop Road. Jin Yong heard that she would be able to win five sons in a row, so he took her to the other side of the living room and brought out a wooden Go A plate, two boxes of porcelain black and white chess pieces, played with her.Go players generally disdain to play even five pieces. They played three games that day, but Ouyang Bi won two games.When the two daughters and Ah May heard that she had won, they all came over and clamored to fight her. They took turns to play against her, and finally Cha Chuan Na finally won her.
In the eye-catching place of the lobby of his home hangs the certificate of Go rank issued by Nihon Ki-in, which was brought back by Jin Yong from Japan, and it is said that the rank is one rank.Once Ni Kuang said in front of Wen Rui'an and others at his home: "I have won the Duan level! It's not a few people who awarded it by themselves. I don't think his chess skills are very good!" The Chinese Weiqi Association awarded him an amateur six-dan , "In his study, there is a Go rank certificate signed by Li Menghua".
When Jin Yong arrived in Tokyo in April 1964, he asked his local friends to accompany him to buy some Japanese Go books.His family not only has a large collection of books about Go, but also collects all kinds of valuable chessboards and chess pieces. The chess pieces include natural stones, shells, porcelain, Japanese and Chinese styles.Ni Kuang once saw a pair of chess pieces in a department store. The white pieces were made of crystal, and the black pieces were made of ink crystal. They were extremely luxurious and suggested Jin Yong to buy them. As a result, he was too slow to think about buying them. regret.
When Jin Yong moved to the villa on the Peak Road, Ni Kuang went to visit the new residence. He took out a newly bought wooden chessboard, which was made of the original wood of a thousand-year-old tree.He asked Ni Kuang: "Guess, how much did you buy it for?" Ni Kuang thought to himself, if Cha Liangyong asked me the price, then estimate it higher! “一万块！”金庸提醒：“喂！是从日本买回来的呀！”“那么——三万块！”金庸摇了摇头：“倪匡，怎么你这么不识货？这是珍品，在日本店里看到，要买下来，老板不肯，后来托人去求情，才勉强答应卖给我。”他一本正经地说，并竖起十根指头，原来是十万元。他把木棋盘抱得紧紧的，生怕它溜走似的。倪匡只有感叹。
金庸沉迷于黑白子的世界，不惜花钱、花时间，有人批评他“过分浪费”，他置之不理。他对推广围棋也很热心，出钱、出力。80年代，他在尖沙嘴金马伦道买了一层楼，作为香港围棋会的会址，每个月只是象征性地收取一元租金。其间他向围棋会的几位高手学艺，围棋会经常举办比赛，他都会去颁奖。后来，他与会中一位高手因围棋会的事发生口角，一怒之下收回了房子，不再租给围棋会。
1983年8月28日晚上，金庸在台湾“清华大学”说：“人生其实很复杂，命运跟遭遇千变万化，如果照一定的模式去描写的话，就太将人生简单化了。围棋有定式，几位大宗师都是老一辈老师照定式教出来的，而人生没有定式。”那天，林海峰也在。金庸说：“今天林老师讲围棋，就说下棋时感到一种矛盾，不知道是弃子好，还是把它救出来好，本身不太统一。”在他心目中，林海峰是一代宗师的风度，初次见面，林海峰话也不讲，他和妻子都很佩服，很欣赏。棋高不高是另一回事，关键是林海峰个性很好，刚毅木讷。金庸和沈君山一致认为就是郭靖的写照。以前他认为生活中并无这样一个人，那只是他想象中的男子汉大丈夫、顶天立地的英雄。“当然林老师主要是在围棋上的贡献，下围棋的人品也有好有坏，我跟他接近总觉得他话也不太讲，但是很忠厚很实在，在某一方面修养很高。”1966年4月15日，《明报》头版显著位置刊登林海峰与高川格对决的棋局，当时林八段，对手是十段。金庸常常对沈君山说，他写了郭靖这个拙实的人物，称为侠之大者，十余年来，在实际世界里并没有碰到过，竟在林海峰的身上看到了郭靖的影子。不过他最仰慕的棋手还是吴清源。
某夜闲谈，一位朋友忽然问金庸：“古今中外，你最佩服的人是准？”他冲口而出：“古人是范蠡、张良、岳飞。今人是吴清源、邓小平。”
他说，这纯粹是个人喜好，自幼就对范蠡和吴清源这两人感到一份亲切。今人他最服吴清源，是因为他喜爱围棋，对其不世出的天才充满景仰之情。他认为在两千年的围棋史上恐怕没有第二位棋士足以与其比肩，其毕生所求不是胜负，而是人生的境界。吴清源常说，下棋要有平常心，心平气和，不以为意，境界方高，下出来的棋境界也就高了。“然我辈平常人又怎做得到？”
四卷本的《吴清源打棋全集》是金庸常常学习的，日本围棋高手小松英树随同教他围棋的老师王立诚到他家做客，向他借棋书研究，选中了这套书，发现他在棋书上画了不少红蓝标志。王老师夸他钻研用功，只是问了一个问题：“为什么吴老师输了的棋你大都没有打？”他回答：“因为我敬仰吴先生，打他大获全胜的棋谱时兴高采烈，分享他胜利的喜悦，对他只赢一目半目的棋局就不怎么有兴致了。至于他的输局，我通常不去复局，打这种谱时未免闷闷不乐。”其实，他知道即使那些负局之中同样有精妙之着。
金庸与梁羽生晚年几次见面，下棋几乎成为必有的项目。1994年1月悉尼作家节时，他们已十年不见，难得的会面，两位古稀老人最有兴趣的就是下棋，一下两个小时，直到疲乏，有些头晕了才作罢。1999年春节期间，梁羽生回香港探亲，他们在跑马地的“雅谷”聚餐，饭后本来也约好下棋，因那天他感冒，感到身体不适，只好作罢。金庸向许多围棋高手拜师学棋，梁羽生下不过他了，但每次对弈还是缠得不死不活。在悉尼梁家，梁羽生拿出一副很破旧的棋子，开心地说：“这是你送给我的旧棋，一直要陪我到老死了。”几本清代的棋书《弈理指归》（施定庵），《桃花泉弈谱》（范西屏）也是金庸送的。2009年初，梁羽生去世前夕，他们最后一次通话，电话里梁的声音很响亮：“金庸，是小查吗？好，好，你到雪梨（悉尼）来我家吃饭，吃饭后我们下两盘棋，你不要让我，我输好了，没有关系……身体还好，还好……好，你也保重，保重……”想不到没几天梁羽生就离世了，金庸原本还打算春节后去澳洲，跟相交六十年的老友下两盘棋，再送几套棋书给他。
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Notes: , 37 pages.