Wu Qingyuan, an all-Ming, surnamed Wu, is 88 years old this year. 19 14 Fujian native, moved to Beijing in the same year. At the age of seven, Wu Qingyuan learned Go from his father. /kloc-at the age of 0/3, he was already a top player in China. 1928, Wu Qingyuan went to Japan to continue learning chess.

From 1939 to 1956, it is called "Wu Qingyuan era". At the beginning of World War II, while the Japanese army swept across China and East Asia, Wu Qingyuan, a chess player, fought alone in Japan, with his own strength and in an unprecedented way.

Ten times, he defeated the seven super players in Japan and downgraded all his opponents, forcing the losers to change their style of play, so that those who showed weakness did not have the ability to compete fairly with the strong-Wu Qingyuan became the first chess player and was known as the "Showa Chess Saint". It is not difficult to imagine how humiliating the fanatical Japanese militarists felt in the face of the fire-like failure in this backyard. Therefore, every time Wu Qingyuan wins a game of chess, his life is in great danger. However, Wu Qingyuan, who is fighting for chess, has already put life and death at risk.

Although Wu Qingyuan's achievements in chess can be said to be unprecedented, what really established his position in chess was his new layout method. In the era of Wu Qingyuan, Japanese Go has a 400-year tradition, and many opinions and even conclusions about the chess path have been formed, which all players regard as iron laws. At that time, Wu Qingyuan, who was only 19 years old, dared to completely break through all the commandments, created a brand-new layout method and launched the Weiqi revolution in a foreign land. This spirit is even more impressive.

Wu Qingyuan/Kloc-went to Japan alone at the age of 0/4, but compared with his brilliance on the chessboard, his life was drifting and bumpy. Because Japan launched the war of aggression against China, Wu Qingyuan was invincible in Japan, and he was always criticized, reviled and even persecuted by people. For a long time, he lived without a fixed place and wandered around, even though he was regarded as a person without nationality and identity. However, for Wu Qingyuan, who is bent on exploring the true meaning of life through chess, these misfortunes are like floating dust. As Jin Yong said: "Because Mr. Wu's chess skills are not purely in some superb works, but in the spirit and realm behind the chess game ... What Mr. Wu pursues all his life is actually a noble soul. It is precisely because his secular occupation is playing chess that this lofty soul is reflected in chess. "

In the 2 1 century Wu Qingyuan's concept of Go, he also advocated harmony but difference. He believes that Go is an art and a philosophy of life. The ultimate goal of playing chess is to appreciate the harmonious Tao and pursue the perfection of chess and life. Wu Qingyuan believed that there were two world wars in the 20th century, and peace should be the most important thing in the 20th century. China's Book of Changes pays attention to the harmony of Yin and Yang, and Go can't be separated from this road. In the last century, Weiqi was mainly about winning, and the core of Weiqi in 2 1 century was harmony, balance and harmony. He said: "The ultimate goal of Go is not to win or lose, but to reconcile."

If you know chess, you can also understand the way of life. The essence of Wu Qingyuan chess is "perfect harmony". It is this spirit of Go, which is indifferent to fame and fortune and purely seeking Tao, that makes him far beyond a chess player who fights for victory and defeat, and embodies an extremely full and rich personality. It is this spirit of freedom that keeps Wu Qingyuan away from the game for many years, but his Go thoughts have long guided the modern Go and will affect the future development of the world chess world in a longer time.