Weiqi Fu
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 3:08 am
I came across this poem (by Ma Rong ?-166 AD) last night and something bugged me about it:
First the four corners are occupied
To protect them and influence the sides,
Then along the sides the lines are blocked
So that the scattered stones gaze at one another from afar.
Then come knight's moves large and small,
[..]
Is this just a translation issue? I thought the term knight's move was due to the way the knight moves in Chess. Chess wasn't around in 166AD..?!
First the four corners are occupied
To protect them and influence the sides,
Then along the sides the lines are blocked
So that the scattered stones gaze at one another from afar.
Then come knight's moves large and small,
[..]
Is this just a translation issue? I thought the term knight's move was due to the way the knight moves in Chess. Chess wasn't around in 166AD..?!