No one can see them outside the bamboo forest. Outside the bamboo forest, people can hear the tiny gongs of two monks.
(Bai Juyi's "On the Pool")
▲ This poem reproduces a picture of two monks sitting in a bamboo forest, quiet and elegant, lofty and indifferent, full of Zen, and in a fairyland. This poem completely downplays the struggle between the two sides on the chessboard and turns the murderous look into a "secluded" realm. The warm sunshine shines on this bamboo forest, but there is no one's shadow, only the sound of playing chess comes from it, which is indeed a long artistic conception and tends to return to nature. It is worth mentioning that Bai Juyi was neither interested in Go nor knew anything about it when he was young. After entering middle age, he was "drinking one or two cups in the evening and playing three games of chess in the evening". He was deeply fascinated by Weiqi and wrote many poems about Weiqi, which not only expressed his obsession with Weiqi, but also reflected his state of mind.
If you don't meet each other, your heart will turn.
People often want to kill people, but they are greedy for their own lives.
Take advantage of the situation to embezzle, take advantage of the danger to rob the victory.
Sometimes when you meet an opponent, the authorities are fascinated.
(Du Xunhe's "Watching Chess")
▲ In this poem, the poet Du Xunhe appropriately expressed the players' preference for Go, as well as their chess skills and scheming, with extremely concise and vivid language.
At first, I suspected that I was an honest star, and then I saw Sanqiu soldiers fighting.
Everyone was surprised that the geese plucked their hair and the tigers gave birth to children.
(Liu Yuxi's "Watching Chess Songs Send Masters to the West")
▲ The four poems "Watching Chess Songs Send Masters to the West" vividly describe the development and changes of Go.
There are few unique skills in the world, and there are no idle people in the world.
On a snowy night, Yi Deng is covered with light and shadow.
(Du Mu's farewell quatrains)
▲ Wu Tu here refers to the chess score. The poem vividly depicts the artistic conception of a Go lover playing chess by dim light on a snowy night, which can be said to have a different interest.
Don't disturb the truth with drama, you can win with me.
After the war, the two battlements were one white and one black, and there was no defeat in World War I.
(Wang Anshi's "Chess Don't Disturb the Play")
▲ This is one of Wang Anshi's many poems about chess. He described a black-and-white world, a free and easy life, which was amazing.
In addition, Su Dongpo, a scholar in the Song Dynasty who claimed to be a poor chess player, was also intoxicated with the artistic conception of Go when watching others play chess. He once wrote poems such as "I can't smell the human voice, but I can smell the heart" and "I'm glad to win the game, and I'm glad to lose the game", which was passed down as a much-told story by the world. It can be seen that although Su Shi's chess skill is not high, he is very interested in chess and has experienced the fun outside of Go. He prefers the artistic conception of "the sound of chess in Gu Song flowing water" to playing chess. He also worked with Huang Tingjian on a couplet: "Panasonic Go, the chess pieces fall with the pine nuts; Fishing by the willow, the willow is often accompanied by a hanging line ",which also shows that Su Shi regards Go as a means to forget his troubles, adjust his mood and cultivate his sentiment.