Square boatman says chess comes from India, chinese ancient time does not have elephant, do you thin

Have two kinds of possibility --

The individual also likes square boatman not quite, but it is OK to do not like to be equal to garble nonsense.

The viewpoint of square boatman is not his initiate, ever had the point of view with many scholastic similar hold -- chess traceable India. Because,its reason cannot be merely of course " Chinese ancient time does not have elephant " so trifling matter, it is to have a complete inference logic among them. Not be village mouth after all old man sits weak force, cite a Gu evidence casually can final conclusion.

Chess is not China particular, on the world a lot of countries and area have the game of similar chess, for instance chess, Japan waits the chess a moment. The view with history more accepted bound is, major chess (perhaps be similar to chess) the fountainhead of game is Indian chess, also cry " 4 groups step " .

The historical document that the basis can examine and unearthed relics show, indian chess is in about 6 centuries pass into the Christian era Persia, progressively evolution becomes Persia chess. About century of 8-9 of the Christian era, arabia of Persia chess classics passes into Europe, repass is ceaseless evolution, about in the Christian era 15 centuries finalize the design for today's chess. This sequence of thought is clearer, and have document and cultural relic support.

A lot of scholars think, chinese chess is put probably also in relation of some kind of evolution with Indian chess. Because both have a lot of regulation and habit special likeness, if say these likeness are coincidence, that probability is honest too low. Move a few similar point:

So the issue came, what which Chinese chess and Indian chess appear after all is earlier? If this is both between put in relation of some kind of evolution really, that is apparent who appears earlier, another probable come by that evolution that appears earlier namely.

Chess is being mentioned first in Persia document is to be in during library of Sa Shan dynasty considers old generation reign, namely 531 years - 579 years during. This moment is the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties of our country.

Somebody thinks Han Xin invents chess, reason is China is being written like chessboard " Chu Hehan bound " , deduce Hunan Chinese conflicting namely. But according to Guo Bin of distinguished scholar Liu (famed with collecting the Gu Qi chart of Chinese chess at the world) textual research, "Chuhe Chinese bound " it is to going up the century just appears in Chinese chess chessboard after 20 time.

The Tang Dynasty previously, our country can be taken an examination of allude in document " chess " basically have 3 place (if have,omit, the welcome is compensatory) .

It is above all " call back the spirit of the dead of Hunan demit · "

Somebody thinks period of the Warring States has had chess accordingly. But what what here says is one kind cries actually " 6 rich " game, in article " chess " it is to point to the 6 rich piece that becomes with ivory, is not the Chinese chess that says normally.

What ease of king of the Eastern Han Dynasty makes in its " Hunan demit chapters " in annotate:

Another alludes " chess " document is Liu Xiang of the Western Han Dynasty " say center " :

Year comes Qin Han, the chess of bookman group popularity is to point to go (call " play chess " ) with 6 rich (call " rich " or " bottle " ) . Go gets praise highly, and 6 rich are one kind gambles kind of game, belong to the category that gentleman distains. " Confucius home language " say:

Liu Xiang is in " say center " will " chess " put forward as negative model, and used " bottle " word, what point to probably here also is the 6 rich piece that ivory becomes.

Another name for Nanning of Cai of the later Han dynasty " the ode that play a chess " in mention:

From piece the name can be pushed know, say here should be another kind plays a chess kind game, cai Yong says " chess " it is the piece playing a chess that ivory becomes, after all Chinese chess also is done not have " play " move play.

Will integratedly look, the document before Tang Zhi says " chess " it is the castle that shows ivory is done commonly. Existing unearthed relics also matchs with this conclusion.

Changsha horse king piles grave of 3 the Western Han Dynasty to had come up out of land a complete 6 rich chess is provided, also discovered the detailed list that record funerary objects tastes at the same time in the grave, call " dispatch plan " . Among them the character that 6 rich chess has correspondence records as follows:

Corresponding unearthed relics besides a pair of chessboard, still have piece of 12 elephant tooth, castle of 20 small ivory, with the character the record can match one by one.

Week fierce emperor ever invented the Northern and Southern Dynasties of according to legend " the elephant makes fun of " , many people say chess accordingly is week of Wudi invention, this inference actually not quite stand so that live. " the elephant makes fun of " already be lost, but allude somewhat in 3 existent document, it is Wang Bao respectively " elephantine classics foreword " , Yu Xin " ode elephantine show " and " express via the ode into the elephant " .

Look from document, of week fierce emperor " the elephant makes fun of " be a kind all-embracing and extremely complex a balm for treating headaches, besides have " elephant " word, the chess that follows later ages does not take a side completely. It is to be able to be used allegedly push perform astronomy, geographical, yin and yang, season, count, bamboo pitch-pipes used in ancient China to wait. Because too too complex, arrive so Tang Dynasty already be lost. Tang Dynasty Lv just is in " because bright annotate stands,cut justice figure " in write:

Tang Chu makes up written reference books with material taken from various sources and arranged according to subjects " art article kind get together " in include the literary work before Tang Chaozhi, have 20 about go among them, play a chess to have 9, 6 rich have 8, chu cattail has 4, cast crock to have 7, play of a place of strategic importance has 6, tibetan hook has 3, week fierce emperor has 3 like play, but not was first however about chess.

If chess is in the Tang Dynasty if been invent before, it is mentioned in doing not have work of history, literature more than 1000 years actually, it is really very a thing that condole weirs. Logical explanation is, very large before Tangchao possibility is nonexistent chess of this kind of game.

Appear the earliest in document with the step with similar now chess kind game is in Bai Juyi " He Chunshen 20 " :

Bai Juyi mentions many chesses in the poem kind game, among them " vehicle of sport of arms strong elephant " what should point to is chess. And the chess regulation of this moment figures the likelihood is close to more at Persia chess or the chess later.

The hand since Chinese chess normally first motor-car, horse, artillery piece, and come up rarely with respect to arch soldier, this is decided by regulation. Because the troops of Chinese chess cannot take oblique line, if chess is formed between arms and arms in that way,cannot protect so. And chess leaves the bureau is general want Xian Chongbing, use other piece again, just appear likely in following line " arms strong car " situation.

Tang Dynasty document still has one place to mention as similar as contemporary chess step kind game, and have detailed description. Bovine monk child is made up those who write " Xuan Guailu " in have renown " Cen Shun " article, a battle participated in when saying to a person that calls Cen Shun resides alone in hill:

A surname is arranged later medium unhealthy environmental influences that cause disease, after kin is informed a secret, dig its residence, gouge a barrow,

Original Cen Shun is a dish of chess played in the dream. Piece of this dish of chess has car of horse of king, counsellor, day, admiral, an ancient covered wagon, 6 armour, the king in similar India chess, chancellery, horse, elephant, car, arms.

Castle " all Jin Tongcheng form " , make pictographic piece with Jin Tong namely, for instance " car " the appearance of make it chariot. This and coetaneous Persia chess are similar, and unlike later entirely of our China chess is a circle, write show piece.

The laxative remedy of this kind of chess also is close to Indian chess more. For instance equestrian laxative remedy " day Ma Xie flies degree 3 stop " , " inclined go 3 feet stop " . It is one feet with grid of a chess, of the Ma Zou of Chinese chess " day " word diagonal crosses two case, and of the Ma Zou in Indian chess is diagonal crosses 3 case, correspondence of as it happens is " day Ma Xie flies degree 3 stop " , " inclined go 3 feet stop " . Indian chess is similar to the chess later, can protect each other between arms, namely " 6 armour one after another is not good row " , and the arms of Chinese chess is opposite depart.

Integrated speculation, bovine monk child and Bai Juyi describe more be similar to Indian chess, the Chinese chess that is not later. And Tang Dynasty document had two 3 place to mention chess only, and mention other chess kind of game very much, its cause is probable because chess just was passed into from Persia,be before long, still change without mainland, because this fails by wide to accept.

Chess finishs mainland basically to change to Song Daicai all the time. For instance:

After chess finishs mainland to change, became the game of rich play chess of a kind of popularity very quickly. Because this the Song Dynasty is acting literature of the literary work that mentions chess, history is very much, the Song Daixiang castle that come up out of land is very much also.

Sum up, complete derivation logic is such:

See not hard, do not have in this logistic derivation " Chinese ancient time has elephant " as the basis. Appear impossibly also of course only basis " without elephant " this one with respect to judgment " chess comes from India " .

A lot of people think without any basises our the ancients invents chess independently certainly, very big reason is to think blame is such saying is not patriotic. Tell objectively, who invents chess, this follows love not patriotic concern without half wool money.

Our civilization is very great, this truly. For instance, go can calls rich the highest form of play chess, the whole world is accepted be our ancestor invention, without any controversy, we do it proud for it proud. But we are not Korean after all, not be the Xiaoguo that had not seen world few civilian, not necessary the ability that be being rectified so that be like a whole world is our invention reflects patriotic heart, it is quisling admire foreign dog otherwise.

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