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Evidence in Northern Wei
1 pieces of evidence found.
Id DLP.Evidence.2058
Type Contemporary text
Game Wo Shuo
Date 0505-01-01 - 0572-12-31
Rules Single pieces are vulnerable to capture.
Content Passage in Wei shu by Wei Shou, stating that Wo Shuo recently entered China during the reign of Emperor Xiaowen and was probably a game of the Hu people (i.e., foreigners); the passage states that the king of the Hu had a younger brother who invented the game in prison. The brother suggested that if the king or the brother were left alone, each would easily die, a reference to the capture of vulnerable pieces in backgammon-style games. Lo 2004: 99.
Confidence 100
Ages Adult
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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