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Evidence for Sanguo Xiangxi
1 pieces of evidence found.
Id DLP.Evidence.2080
Type Contemporary text
Location 31° 2'2.90"N, 116°58'26.20"E
Date 1644-01-01 - 1911-12-31
Rules Three players. Hexagonal board with three fishtails. The same pieces as Xiangqi, but with the generals replaced with new pieces reflecting the Kingdoms of Wei, Shu, and Wu. Three rivers dividing the board.
Content Translation of Xe Ke's Qingbai leichao: "The following piece is set in the Qing Period (1644-1911). 'In the home of the Provincial Administration Commissioner Guang Congxie...from Tongcheng, there is a set of Three Kingdoms' Elephant Chess Game. Only the generals have been replaced by the pieces representing the Kingdoms Wei, Shu, and Wu; the rest of the pieces remain the same. [Presumably they are similar to the pieces in regular xiangqi]. They are distinguished by the colours red, black, and white, and total 48 pieces. The board is drawn in the shape of a hexagon with three fishtails, and the boundary river becomes three tributaries." Lo 2007: 125.
Confidence 100
Ages Adult
Social status Elite, Nobility
Genders Male
Source Lo, A. 2007. An introduction to board games in Late Imperial China. In I. Finkel (ed), Ancient Board Games in Perspective. London: The British Museum Press. pp. 125–132.
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