Dunhuang Classic

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The Dunhuang Classic is the earliest surviving go manual.

The text was written on a scroll and was found at Dunhuang Mogao (Turkestan, China) a city on the silk road The size of the scroll is 15.5 x 240 cm

The age is not exactly known but it is thought to be written during the early Han period (202 BC )

An electronic copy can be found [ext] here (there is also a translation)

The text is being conserved at the [ext] British library in London as part of the [ext] International Dunhang Project.

The conservation is sponsered by Zenmachine,

There are no diagrams in the text, and the (first) part of the text contains mostly kyu level advice.

The text ends with:

Although, this essay is meager and clumsy, it can reflect the patterns of things. Those who play accordingly will stay alive.

John F. "The text ends with:..." No, it doesn't. This is just the end of Chapter 1. A translation of Chapter 2 (on ladders) has existed in draft form for some time - not sure why it hasn't been posted yet. The rest awaits translation.


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