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Kuksu
    Keywords: Culture & History

The Korean word kuksu correspomds to the Chinese guoshou, a very high term of praise with a meaning like 'national treasure'. It is applied for high mastery in a very few fields such as medicine and go. There were a number of recognised kuksu in Korean when sunjang baduk was the only version of go played.

In the modern era, Kuksu is a title competed for annually, corresponding therefore in prestige to the Honinbo title in Japan as having the closest tie with the old tradition.



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