First, the Yellow Emperor originated from the legendary era. In the Northern Song Dynasty, Huang Bu's Preface to Guang xiang opera said, "Like a soldier, the battle of the Yellow Emperor drove away animals and thought that the array was like an elephant, and the animals were heroes. Therefore, soldiers are named after elephants. "

Second, Shennong originated from the legendary era. Monks in the Yuan Dynasty often said in the Biography of Buddhism: "Shennong takes the sun, moon and stars as images, and cattle, monks and children in the Tang Dynasty replaced them with chariots, horses, scholars and soldiers with guns."

Third, it originated in the Shun period. Legend has it that Shun's half-brother is called Xiang, lazy and playful. Modern scholars often say in the book "Sino-Indian Art Career": "Shun forbids his life because he is unruly and afraid of his loneliness, and plays chess for him to entertain him. Because of its name, it is called chess. "

Fourth, the attack originated from Zhou Wuwang. Ming metabolism "Five Miscellaneous Groups" said: "Like a play, it is said that it was made during the cutting week, that is, the flow of the Warring States military strategists and the battle of heavy vehicles."

5. Originated in the Spring and Autumn Period. In chess, "elephant" means "symbol", which has nothing to do with animal images. Chess may be produced by imitating the military system in the Spring and Autumn Period. The names of chess players coincide with the military system in the Spring and Autumn Period, that is, arrow, handsome, chariot, horse, scholar, soldier and pawn. However, chess may also be named after the pieces are made of ivory.

Six, originated in the Warring States period. The book of seclusion contains: Zhou said:' If you step in Yanzhou first, you will be able to play chess, which is also a matter of the Warring States. "The Warring States used soldiers, so people used the image of war as a chess position."

Seven, originated in the Chu-Han struggle period. In the middle of the chessboard is written "Chuhe Hanjie", so many people think this statement is more credible. Others say that it was invented by Han Xin.

Liang Qingshu's Introduction to Deep Sea Wide Chess: "I also heard that chess started in Han Xin and Zhu Ziyun Bo Bureau also." Textual research on the origin of chess in Modern Zhou Dynasty: "When Han Xin attacked Zhao, he played chess with Ye Xixi as a foot soldier. Because by the end of the year, the foot soldiers were homesick and had the tools to make a fortune, so they got together to play, lost all their money and forgot to return to China. "

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Legend of origin

The word chess first appeared in the Warring States Period. "Chu Ci Evocation" made a special record of its shape and play: "There are six books in chess; Go hand in hand with the camp, and the road is forced; When you become a cockroach, you will seek it and you will be white. "

In other words, jade (that is, castor) is equivalent to dice. Chess of size (that is, cover), 6 pieces on each side; The way to compete is to divide Cao and advance together. (referring to two teams or two teams must fight), attack each other and force each other to death; Finally, the winner seeks victory. Defeated the enemy soldiers (five men in the military system in the Spring and Autumn Period) and gave a cheer of victory.

Han and Liu also recorded Zizhou's view in "Talking about the Garden Mountain": "The first step is the king of a thousand times ... Yan Dou Qi dances Zheng Nv." In other words, to persuade Meng, it is better to play chess and watch songs and dances, just like "Yan State". All these show that "chess" has become a routine activity during the Warring States period. So chess came into being before the Warring States Period.

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