The earliest record of Go in China's historical records is in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the map of China may be the earliest chess score in China. In the Jin Dynasty, there were more chess scores. Chess Love and Chess Map, which appeared in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, are the records of the game. Because some players destroyed ancient books in order to keep their secrets alone, most of the chess manuals before the Tang Dynasty have been lost. Therefore, the records of chess scores before the Tang Dynasty are unknown.
In the Southern Tang Dynasty, Xu Xuan, a famous Weiqi player at that time, named the 19 lines on the board of Weiqi for the convenience of people's memory. This was a pioneering work at that time, which greatly facilitated the recording of the chess score and played an important role in the spread of the chess score. Xu Xuan gave the name nineteen lines:
One day, two places, three talents, four seasons, five elements, six hospitals, seven fights, eight directions, Kyushu, ten days, eleven winters, December, thirteen jumps, fourteen pheasants, fifteen looks, sixteen phases, sixteen stars, eighteen pines and nineteen guests.
Later, with the development of the times, this notation name was gradually replaced by "1, 2,3, ..." and "one, two, three ...", which has completed its historical mission.