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Evidence for Xiangqi (Song)

1 pieces of evidence found.

Id DLP.Evidence.2027
Type Contemporary text
Location Song China
Date 1079-01-01 - 1079-12-31
Rules 11x11 board. Seventeen pieces per player.
Content Surviving excerpt from the Guang Xiangxi tu of Zhao Buzhi, as translated by Banaschak: "Xiangxi, das ist ein Strategiespiel...Das Brett (ju) hat horizontal und Vertikal elf Linien, 34 Spielsteine (qi) ergeben die beiden Heere." Banaschak 2001: 91-92.
Confidence 100
Ages Adult
Genders Male
Source Banaschak, P. 2001. Schachspiele in Ostasien (Xiangqi, Changgi, Shogi). Quellen zu ihrer Geschichte und Entwicklung bis 1640. Munich: Iudicum.

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