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Evidence for Chang Xing
2 pieces of evidence found.
Id DLP.Evidence.2056
Type Contemporary text
Location Late Tang China
Date 0800-01-01 - 0850-12-31
Rules Name of the game, similar to Shuang Lu.
Content Account of Chang Xing, from Li Zhao (early ninth century): "For gambling games today, the most popular is the game of chang xing. For the game, there are a board and pieces, fifteen yellow and fifteen black, and two dice for throwing combinations. The method of play has its origins in the game of wo shuo, and evolved from the game of shuang lu. Empress Wu Zeitan dreamt of playing the game of shuang lu and not winning, and summmoned Di Renjie, Duke of Liang, to explain the dream. The Duke of Liang said to her "This is the image of having no [piece] in the [inner table of the board]. Later on, people came up with a new idea, and the game of chang xing emerged." Lo 2004: 99.
Confidence 100
Ages Adult
Social status Elite, Royalty
Genders Female, Male
Source Lo, A. 2004. "Double Sixes, Holding Spears, and the Long March: Games of the Backgammon Family in China." In C. Mackenzie and I. Finkel, eds. Asian Games: The Art of Contest. New York, Asia Society, 97-111.
Id DLP.Evidence.2057
Type Contemporary text
Location Late Tang China
Date 0834-01-01 - 0879-12-31
Rules Fifteen pieces per player, one playing as black and one as yellow. Two dice. Pieces which are alone on a space are vulnerable.
Content Story of the vision of Scholar Zhang, as written by Zhang Du (834-879 CE): "he say Daoist priests and Buddhist monks, fifteen of each, come out from the main hall. Their appearances and heights were all the same, and they were lined up in six columns...After a while, two objects swirled on the ground. Each had twenty-one eyes, and among these, four flashed with the color of fire. These two chased each other; their eyes were dazzling, and the made a grating noise. Soon, the thirty monks and priests sped or ran, east or west, south or north. If a priest stood alone, he would be struck down by a monk...The next day, Scholar Zhang looked for them, and in the corner of a wall found a tattered bag. Inside, there were thirty chang xing pieces and a pair of dice." Lo 2004: 100.
Confidence 100
Social status Elite
Genders Male
Source Lo, A. 2004. "Double Sixes, Holding Spears, and the Long March: Games of the Backgammon Family in China." In C. Mackenzie and I. Finkel, eds. Asian Games: The Art of Contest. New York, Asia Society, 97-111.
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