The ancients often said that it is necessary to forgive others, and the earliest thing to forgive others is to play chess.

the earliest story of "forgive others" is about playing chess. According to legend, during the Warring States period, there was a chess player named "Yang Suishan". When playing chess with others, he always left some opportunities for his opponents so that they would not be defeated. Someone asked him why he did this, and he replied, "We must forgive others." This sentence became a famous saying handed down later, expressing the idea of tolerance and tolerance.

According to Song Yaokuan's Xixi Congyu, "When a Taoist is good at chess, he forgives others first, then dies in a praise letter, and after a few years, he is reburied, but his coffin is empty. There is a poem in the Taoist saying:' rotten ke is really wonderful, and it has been several times in a game. Since I came out of the hole, I have no enemy, so I have to forgive others and forgive others. "

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"Be forgiving and forgive others" means that one should be tolerant and generous. When it is time to give in, he should give in voluntarily, leave room for others and don't do anything. This sentence actually comes from Yu Wenbao's "Collection of Spitting Jade" written in the Song Dynasty: "There is a Taoist chess game in Baoxin County, Cai Zhou, which often forgives people first. Its poem says:' When you come out of the hole, you are invincible, and you can forgive others.'

A Collection of Spitting Jade: "There is a Taoist chess game in Baoxin County, Cai Zhou, which often forgives others first. Its poem says,' Since you came out of the cave, you have no enemy, you have to forgive others and forgive others'."

The fifth volume of Awakening the World, Seeing a Tiger Off, says: "There are poems to prove it: but those who are mean are resentful, and those who can help Enshi tigers are also relatives. Advise people to do things conveniently, and forgive others. "

meaning: be tolerant, considerate and try to forgive others. It also means not to do everything, but to leave room.