Who invented Go in traditional culture?

The origin of Weiqi has been circulating in China for the longest time. It is said that "Yao plays Weiqi and is good at Weiqi". It is said that this sentence comes from his own anonymous book Shiben, which was handed down from the Warring States Period. Sima Qian used a lot of materials in Shi Ben, but Shi Ben has never been handed down. What we can see now is mostly the compilation of literati in Ming and Qing Dynasties.

According to reliable research, Go is not perfect as soon as it is invented-19 extends in all directions. 17 Weiqi disks, chess pieces and other materials were unearthed in Dunhuang and Hebei. As for the legend of Yao and Shun making Weiqi, it is quite similar to the legend of Shennong tasting a hundred herbs and Chao building a house. In ancient times, people were willing to attribute an important invention and discovery to a "big" person to express their affirmation and admiration for this invention and discovery.

The Encyclopedia Britannica says: "Weiqi originated in China in 2356 BC". Encyclopedia americana said: "Go was invented by China in 2300 BC." In 2356 BC, the first year of Yao's accession to the throne, it is obvious that the most authoritative encyclopedia in the world is also based on the legend of "Yao made Weiqi" in China.

Another famous legend about the origin of Go is the theory of "River Map" and the theory of "Luo Shu". According to legend, in the ancient Fu era, a dragon horse jumped out of the Yellow River with a picture on its back called "River Map". When Dayu was harnessing the water, a turtle appeared in Luoshui, and a picture was painted on the turtle's back, named "Luoshu". It is generally believed that the "river map" is round and symbolizes the sky; Luo Shu is square, symbolically. The ancients thought that the ground was square, so the chessboard was square. The star is round, so is the chess.

Weiqi originated from the "Eight Diagrams" theory, and people more specifically pointed out that the "Tianyuan" on the chess board represents the concentric center of the universe and the earth. The eight' stars' distributed on the chessboard represent east, south, west and north respectively; Northeast, southeast, northwest and southwest. "The Dunhuang Chess Classic says:" The chess pieces are round and the chess game is like the ground. " This is consistent with the "gossip" theory and has become a powerful proof in the "gossip" theory. Whether Weiqi originated from "Eight Diagrams" can't be judged only by a few words in Dunhuang chess classics.