The following is an introduction:
This is probably the earliest ancient chess book in China that can be seen now. It became a secret book in the Ming Dynasty, and the date of publication is difficult to verify (some people say that it was a work of Hongwu period in the early Ming Dynasty, and no reliable information has been found at present). It was published before Jiajing in Ming Dynasty. This book has ten volumes, and it has not been finished yet. Some of his works have been selected in Shu Ya Fun. According to Xue Bing's postscript in Yun Jian, the book may also be related to "falling asleep", but in the postscript of Plum Blossom Spring, it is said that it is "all finished, there is no endgame", but I don't know whether it refers to the earliest version of Dream Spectrum or other versions, so I can't understand it.
The existing version was obtained from a grocer named Du in the market by Hai Zhengyu 1949. The original book has twelve volumes, and the grocer Du Dang used waste paper to package the goods. After repeated collection by Jun Zheng, only one, two or three volumes of the remains are left, including 185 pieces, 7 1 volume, 100 pieces and 285 pieces of chess. The whole book is schematic and irregular. It is estimated that it is classified according to the figure, and the version and engraving are similar to the later "elegant taste".
Later, Zheng distributed 126 pictures similar to "Shu Ya" in Chess Manual to the players. Later, he gave the remaining 159 pictures to Lin Youru, editor-in-chief of Fuzhou Chess Monthly. Lin also deleted the same 15 diagram as the original Yi Qing Ya Qu and added Zheng. After the book was completed, it was circulated among chess players. Later, it was revised by Wei Zidan and Ding, and 200 copies were given to chess friends in Hangyouyin on 1977. 1985, Rong Shu Chess Publishing House officially published a collating edition. Now, both Zheng and Erh Lin people have passed away, and the follow-up situation is still unknown. I only know that Mr. Feng has two pages left.
Judging from these incomplete versions, there are nearly 300 incomplete four volumes, many of which are not suitable for taste (1570 published "Suitable Spectrum" quote once said: "... Yuchuan Xu Jun, seized and bought precious fake memorial archway walls such as" Jin Peng's Secret "and" Dream into God Machine ". That is to say, Suitable Spectrum was published by collecting Dream Spectrum and Jin Peng, but not all the remnants of Dream Spectrum were collected. ), we can see the huge scale and rich materials of the "dream machine" at that time.
In the Ming Dynasty, Zhao Yongxian and Zhao were fond of collecting books, and their subtitle "Five Chess" in Mai Wang Guan Bibliography recorded a ten-volume book "Dream". The Art Spectrum under the Bibliography of Baowentang was also recorded and printed by Huizhou government. In the early Qing Dynasty, Huang Yuchuo recorded "Ten Volumes of Dreams Becoming Gods" in Volume 15 "Sub-Art Category" of Qian Qingtang Bibliography, which shows that the spectrum was still intact in the early Qing Dynasty. According to the Catalogue of Pavilion Books in Qing Dynasty, the original book was 12.
The endgame of chess is mainly about winning. Although the situation is mostly simple, it is wonderful. As for the author's surname, preface and postscript, I have never seen it. There are two kinds of chess pieces in the original picture of this spectrum, but the black spots are handsome, handsome and soldier, Bai Zi is the general, elephant and pawn, and the white side comes first.