Go, which is vividly compared to the world of black and white, is a cultural invention of our country, and it is also the oldest chess game in human history.It is a board game in which black and white sides take turns throwing pieces on the chessboard to compete for territory, because it integrates science, art and competition, and has the strategy of developing people's intelligence, cultivating people's excellent will quality, and flexibility. Tactical ideology and overall perspectives, as well as enriching people's cultural life, cultivating temperament, and healthy body and mind, have developed into intellectual sports that are very popular in my country. At the same time, they have spread overseas and gradually developed into an international culture. physical activity.In Japan, Go has developed into their national game, with more than 10 million fans; in some countries in Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States, there are also more and more Go fans.

Go is called Yi in ancient my country, and it can be said to be the originator of chess in ancient chess art. It is said that it has a history of more than 4,000 years.According to the records of early Chinese ancient books, Weiqi was born in the Yao and Shun era.Jin Zhanghua said in "Natural History": Emperor Yao made Go to teach his son Danzhu, and said that Emperor Shun felt that his son Shangjun was not very smart, so he made Go to teach him to play chess to develop his skills. wit. It is written in more detail in "Records of the History of the Road", saying that after Yao married his wife, he gave birth to a son named Danzhu, but he was arrogant and willful, so Yao created Go to cultivate his temperament.In addition, there is another saying in the ancient book "Qianqueju Leishu", which says that Wu Cao, a courtier of Xia Yu, created Go.

Although the above legends about the creation of Go by Yao, Shun and Wucao held their own opinions, some people later raised objections, thinking that the primitive society of the clan in which Yao, Shun and Wucao lived was extremely low in social productivity at that time, and it was hard to imagine that anyone would create a game like Go. Logically rigorous, advanced and complex cultural activities.But those who raise objections are just assumptions, and there is actually no strong counter-evidence that can overturn the written records in the above ancient books.We know that everything always develops from a low level to a high level, and Go is no exception. It has gone through a long evolution and development stage from germination to perfection.The Go of Yao, Shun, and Wucao period should be the lower primitive Go, and the chessboard will not be the current 19×19 lanes or the 17×17 lanes that were once popular in ancient times, but may be a small chessboard.At the same time, the moves are naturally simpler.In the history of the development of ancient Go, 13×13 and 15×15 chessboards were once used, which strongly illustrates this feature.