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Evidence for Yi
4 pieces of evidence found.
Id DLP.Evidence.2081
Type Artifact
Location 38°41'44.47"N, 115° 9'16.30"E
Date 0025-01-01 - 0220-12-31
Rules 17x17 board.
Content 17x17 Yi board found in the tomb dating to the Eastern Han Dynasty from Wangdu, Hebei Province. Hebei Province Cultural Relics Research Institute collection. Lo and Wang 2004: 187-188.
Confidence 100
Ages Adult
Social status Elite
Genders Male
Source Lo, A. and T.-C. Wang. 2004. "Spider Threads Roaming the Empyrean: The Game of Weiqi." In C. Mackenzie and I. Finkel, eds. Asian Games: The Art of Contest. New York: Asia Society, 187-201.
Id DLP.Evidence.2082
Type Artistic depiction
Location 42°52'53.48"N, 89°31'38.44"E
Date 0618-01-01 - 0755-12-31
Rules 17x17 board.
Content Painting of a lady playing Yi on a 17x17 board from AStana, Turfan, China. Lo and Wang 2004: 189.
Confidence 100
Ages Adult
Social status Elite
Genders Female
Source Lo, A. and T.-C. Wang. 2004. "Spider Threads Roaming the Empyrean: The Game of Weiqi." In C. Mackenzie and I. Finkel, eds. Asian Games: The Art of Contest. New York: Asia Society, 187-201.
Id DLP.Evidence.2083
Type Artifact
Location 33°50'27.58"N, 115°46'33.88"
Date 0126-01-01 - 0175-12-31
Rules 17x17 board.
Content 17x17 board from the tomb of the official Cao Teng in Boxian, Anhui. Lo and Wang 2004: 188.
Confidence 100
Ages Adult
Social status Elite
Genders Male
Source Lo, A. and T.-C. Wang. 2004. "Spider Threads Roaming the Empyrean: The Game of Weiqi." In C. Mackenzie and I. Finkel, eds. Asian Games: The Art of Contest. New York: Asia Society, 187-201.
Id DLP.Evidence.2084
Type Contemporary text
Location Spring and Autumn
Date 0450-01-01BCE - 0401-12-31BCE
Rules Name of game. Players make groups on the board, opponents may capture groups.
Content Text from Zuo Zhuan (Zuo's Commentary on the SPring and Autumn Annuals): "Ning is now treating his ruler with less care than if he were playing [yi]. How can he escape disaster? If a [yi] player established his groups without making them safe, he will not defeat his opponent." Fairbairn 2007: 134-135.
Confidence 100
Ages Adult
Social status Elite
Genders Male
Source Fairbairn, J. 2007. "Go in China." In I. Finkel, ed. Ancient Board Games in Perspective. London: The British Museum Press, 133-137.
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