Weiqi originated in China and was called Yi in ancient China. It can be said that Weiqi is the originator of chess. Weiqi has a history of more than 4000 years. According to the pre-Qin classic Shi Ben, "Yao made Weiqi and was good at it." Zhang Hua in the Jin Dynasty inherited and developed this sentence in the Natural History: "Yao taught Go. Or cloud: Shun is a fool with his son and pretends to teach him. "
1964 The Encyclopedia Britannica adopted this statement, and even set the exact date of the invention of Go in 2356 BC.
Weiqi originated in China and was called Yaozuo, which was recorded in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was introduced to Japan through Korea and then to European and American countries.