In the Go world, there is a saying that the so-called four classic Go ancient books are dead and alive. They are "Xuanxuan Chess Sutra", "Official Zi Spectrum", "Fayang Theory" and "Chess Sutra".

Of these 4 ancient books, the first 2 are Chinese and the last 2 are Japanese. Among these 4 ancient books, except for the slightly less famous "Chess Classics", the other 3 books are very famous. In particular, Japan's "Theory of Hair and Sun", due to the extreme difficulty of some of the topics in this book, has always been hailed as the "highest classic of life and death" and "the watershed between professional and amateur" in the Go world. It is extremely popular even among the majority of amateurs.

However, within the Go world, the status of the "Xuanxuan Chess Sutra" is also very important. If the "Guanzi Genealogy" is called the "Source of Tesuji", then the "Xuanxuan Chess Sutra" can be called the "Source of Life and Death".

From the point of view of overall difficulty, the "Xuanxuan Chess Sutra" is not as good as the "Yang Theory". However, the "Xuanxuan Chess Sutra" summarizes some regular chess forms and methods in Go very well. In it, there are a lot of very common and extremely valuable life-and-death problems, so this chess book is also a classic among the classics.

For example, the question of life and death of the "Seven Sages" fully illustrates this characteristic.

Chess players with a certain strength know that in Go, especially when doing Go life and death problems, there is a saying that "Dafan" 1 and 2 "have many wonderful moves". The meaning of this sentence is that the position of the "one, two" road on the chessboard is often the so-called "urgent place", whether it is killing chess or you want to do work, this position is often a key point, and it is a place where both sides must fight. Therefore, there is the saying that "Dafan" one, two "road is more wonderful".

This sentence is very interesting, and it also illustrates a relatively common rule in Go. In fact, this sentence also has its own internal reasoning. As you know, the life-and-death problem of playing Go is nothing more than figuring out how to "make an eye" or "break an eye". Imagine simply: in the middle of the board, under normal circumstances. If you want to make an eye position, you need to spend 4 moves, and on the side of the board, you need to spend 3 moves. And what about in the corners of the chessboard? If you occupy 2 "one, 2" points, then you have probably already made a true eye.

If you look at the problem from this perspective, it should be very clear. In Go, the fewer hands you spend, the more efficient you are. From the perspective of "making an eye" alone, you only need 2 moves to make an eye. This represents maximum efficiency. This is also the internal chess principle of "Dafan" 1 and 2 "many wonderful moves".

Of course, this only illustrates the universality of Go, not its particularity. But then again, this idea is very useful, for example, when you are playing chess, and you have a problem of life and death in the corner, if you find that you can't play anywhere else, you might as well go to the "one" of the board. 2 "Lu think about it a little more. If you can develop such a habit of thinking, then congratulations! Chances are you've already found the right idea.

And the "Seven Sages" that Li Xiaoqiang just put on the chessboard happens to be such a topic. The key to solving this problem is precisely in this "one. 2" on the road.

Therefore, this kind of regularity and internal logic are very common in actual combat, and have strong practical practicality. So such a question of life and death. It can be called a "classic dead and alive question". In the classic Chinese ancient books "Xuanxuan Chess Sutra" and "Guanzi Genealogy", there are a large number of titles similar to "Seven Sages". It is precisely for this reason that the status of these two books in the Go world is determined. A lot of the topics in these two books. It has been widely cited in many Go books in later generations.

Li Xiaoqiang can put so many "Seven Sages" on the chessboard because there are different versions of the "Seven Sages" in the world's Go life-and-death problem sets.

Before saying his true intentions, Li Xiaoqiang even accidentally showed another "super ability", his memory ability that exceeds that of ordinary people. At this moment, he narrated the origin of the various versions of the "Seven Sages":

"Look, this version of the "Seven Sages" comes from the collection of life and death problems explained in detail by Hashimoto Utaro's predecessors. Strictly speaking, this can no longer be called the "Seven Sages", let's see, the white chess here actually has eight pieces, since it is eight pieces, how can it be called "Seven Sages"...... Everyone is looking at this shape of the "Seven Sages", which is included in the "Go Life and Death Encyclopedia" compiled by the Japan Chess Academy, and that, the new "Go Skills" in the Korean chess world, seems to be this shape......

At this time, there were many reporters and chess players around Li Xiaoqiang. Everyone didn't interject, let Li Xiaoqiang "show off" there, and then wait for the following.

Indeed, everyone is indeed "waiting for the following". Because most of the people here today are experts in the world of Go. To say that the topic of "Seven Sages" is very classic, it is also very commonly used. But the difficulty of this problem is not great, similar to the skills on the "one, two" road of this chessboard, at most the difficulty of amateur intermediate. For most of the people present, this is a basic skill of Go that must be mastered.

You know, what everyone wants to hear now is actually to hear Li Xiaoqiang explain his understanding of ancient chess and his thoughts on Go. Now that I saw Li Xiaoqiang take out the "Seven Sages" to talk about things, I didn't understand what Li Xiaoqiang meant for a while, and at the same time knew that he must have something to do. Therefore, no one bothered Li Xiaoqiang at this time, and they all wanted to hear what he wanted to say.

After a lot of talking, Li Xiaoqiang stopped "showing off", and his words finally returned to the topic. I saw him point to a chess shape on the chessboard and say:

"Everyone, pay attention, what I want to talk about most today is this chess shape, this chess shape, which is included in our country's "Forget Worries and Qing Leji". As we all know, "Forget Worries and Qingle Collection" is an ancient Go book in the Song Dynasty of China. Since this book appeared in the earliest period, then we can regard this version of the "Seven Sages" as the "original" of the "Seven Sages". I should be okay with that, right? Mind you, I'd like to ask you to take another look at this oldest original and see how it differs from other versions of the Seven Virtuous Forces. Because in my opinion, this "original" is very interesting. It makes a difference! Of all the versions of the "Seven Sages", it is also the most connotative! I even think that if you understand the meaning of this question. So for the idea of ancient chess, the philosophical ideas contained in ancient chess can be more or less understood. ”

"Oh?!"

listened to Li Xiaoqiang's pretended words. Now many people are interested. Many people have set their sights on the "originality" of this "Seven Sages". I want to see what makes this topic different.

After selling this pass, Li Xiaoqiang stood in place with a smile on his face. He didn't go on, but left plenty of time for everyone to think about it. Li Xiaoqiang also knew that there were so many experts present today, and this "Seven Sages" was actually not difficult. Therefore, it will soon be discovered what makes this "original" "unique".

As Li Xiaoqiang expected, when a group of professional experts study an amateur intermediate topic, they will naturally find problems quickly. The first person to react today happened to be South Korea's Li Shifo. I saw that he looked at the chessboard for about 1 minute, and he looked up, and he was thoughtful. At the same time, he said with a little hesitation:

"Huh? It's an interesting topic, and it seems that there are other variations in it. But...... But isn't that a "miss"......"

"Untitled"!

For a Go life-and-death problem, the so-called "missing the problem" means that there is a problem with the problem itself. In this, there are generally two situations, one is that there is a problem with the way of answering, or that this way of answering is not actually valid. For example, the famous "black first black death" in the Yang Theory says that this is the case. On the other hand, it generally means that the question itself is not very rigorous. It is likely that there are multiple solutions to the problem. According to modern arguments, it is usually considered that this is also called "unremarkable".

So what kind of situation is the "mistitle" pointed out by Li Shifo?

After Li Shifo reacted first, many other masters also reacted. At this time, everyone saw this "original" problem. At the same time, they all agreed with Li Shifo's opinion.

That's right! If according to modern standards, this oldest and most primitive "Seven Sages" is indeed "out of topic"! It should be said that although this question was first included in the "Forget Worries and Qing Music Collection", this question may not be the original work of the author of "Forget Worries and Qing Music Collection". The true original creator is not verifiable. After the research of so many masters on the scene, everyone found that there are really loopholes in this question, or there are other changes hidden in it. To solve this problem. Everyone found that in addition to the "one, 2" trick with the same standard answer, there are loopholes in the encirclement of black chess, if one is not careful, there is a very clever breakthrough method for the seven white discs who are surrounded......

As we all know, since it is a life-and-death problem for Go, what is tested for the school is the ability to do live and kill Go. However, in this most primitive version of the "Seven Sages", white can still break through. So what's going on? Can a topic that can break through, can this still be called a question of life and death? What is the meaning of such a life-and-death question? At the very least, this situation can be regarded as a mistake of "one problem with multiple solutions", right?

"I know what you think, and if you follow the modern way of thinking, I also admit that this question is out of question. But now I want to ask you to think about it, let's think about the intention of this original creator, when this predecessor created this question of life and death, did he leave this flaw because he was not rigorous enough, or was it deliberately intentional? ”

At this point, we finally came to the crux of the matter. Li Xiaoqiang's rhetorical question is actually what he really wants to cause everyone to think. Li Xiaoqiang even thinks that on such an issue, it can actually reflect a difference between ancient and modern, a kind of Go thought, and a difference in the concept of Go!

"Admire! I finally know what you think now. From a certain point of view, in today's tiebreaker, I did not lose in Go skills, but in your Go philosophy and Go thinking. I didn't lose at all. Thank you again ......"

The first to react was still Li Shifo. When he began to speak, when his words were translated to Li Xiaoqiang. At this moment, the two young men finally looked at each other and smiled, and the two cherished each other.

That's right, Li Xiaoqiang now believes that Li Shifo should understand what he wants to express.

The predecessor who designed the "Seven Sages" certainly intended to leave this breakthrough road. Because if he hadn't done it on purpose, then he could have added a few more sunspots to the encirclement outside. You know, when designing a life-and-death problem, it's very simple to do so. This is similar to the various versions of the "Seven Virtuous Forces" in later generations. It can be said that it is actually much more difficult to leave this "road to breakthrough" than to "erase the flaws". Therefore, it can be determined that this topic is designed like this, and it is definitely intentional.

Don't underestimate this issue. Li Xiaoqiang even believes that when the ancient Chinese chess player was designing the title of "Seven Sages", this was a manifestation of the traditional thinking of medieval chess. And this kind of thinking is in line with the philosophical thinking of our oriental culture.

For example, in traditional Taoist thought, the so-called "escaped oneness" is often emphasized. So in the topic of "Seven Sages", is that very hidden means of breaking through the siege in the same vein as this kind of thinking? Is this thing the "escaped one" in Go?

And what about the Go of later generations? That's like the different versions of the "Seven Sages" in later generations. On the surface, everyone has made up for the "flaws" in it, and turned this problem into the only correct solution. But if you do this, will it make Go lose a little connotation?

Li Xiaoqiang believes that the real difference between ancient and modern is like this!

Go has developed into modern times, especially after the establishment of the professional Go system. Everyone attaches great importance to winning and losing, and the entire Go technical system may become more and more rigorous, and perhaps there are more and more flaws. But it is undeniable that if it continues to develop like this. All the chess players are there to "find the right solution". And wipe out the "escaped one" in Go. So will this kind of Go lose a lot of fun?

These are some of the differences between medieval chess and modern Go. In the thinking of medieval chess, victory or defeat is never the most important thing. The core idea of ancient chess is to "exhaust its changes"! The core of modern professional Go thinking is to "seek the right solution"!

Which of these two ideas is better? In fact, Li Xiaoqiang himself doesn't know. But if Li Xiaoqiang had to choose, he would not hesitate to choose the former.

The difference in this, the different concepts in this, in fact, is what Li Xiaoqiang wants to express today, and it is also what he wants to tell you today, when he becomes the "double champion" of the world chess today: some ideas in ancient chess, some good things in it, are likely to be some missing in modern Go!

Li Xiaoqiang, who was reborn once, has been trying hard to make up for these shortcomings! Li Xiaoqiang even thinks that this is one of the purposes of his rebirth!

After Li Xiaoqiang expressed his meaning in such a way, it was already late. The whole "answering reporters' questions" did not last long, and everyone finally dispersed. However, the topic of Li Xiaoqiang, and the thoughts that Li Xiaoqiang left for everyone this time, will continue in the Go world.

At the beginning of '92, on the occasion of the Spring Festival of '92. Li Xiaoqiang, who has just become a "double world champion" in the Go world, returned to China with the Chinese delegation. (To be continued, please search, the novel is better and updated faster!)

PS: The hands are too raw, and I feel very stiff. Fortunately, there is a transition in the last few chapters, and I hope that the state will be better when the next ** arrives. Anyway, let's adjust it slowly.