Taohua Quan Yipu

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Go Book of Peach Blossom Spring
("Taohua Quan Yipu")
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By: Fan Xiping
Translator: Ruoshi Sun
Publisher: Create Space Independent Publishing Platform?
ISBN10 1497555191
ISBN13 978-1497555198
271 pp.

Taohua Quan Yipu (桃花泉弈譜, Go Book of Peach Blossom Spring) was written by Fan Xiping (范西屏) and published in 1764. In this masterpiece, Fan summarizes his unique findings from his lifelong research with an exposition of 20 basic positions in over 400 variations.

Translations

The book was translated into English under the title Go Book of Peach Blossom Spring in 2014 by Ruoshi Sun with the following contents.

Table of Contents

  • Foreword (by Ruoshi Sun)
  • Preface (by Fan Xiping)
  • Part I
    • 9-5 Cap (44 variations)
    • 3-6 Invasion (28 variations)
    • Entering the Corner with the Very Large Knight’s Move (12 variations)
    • 3-6 Invasion After Diagonal Attachment (24 variations)
    • 3-5 Invasion and Hane (40 variations)
    • Attacking with Two-Space Extension and Keima (36 variations)
    • Corner Seal (7 variations)
    • Inappropriate Corner Seal (6 variations)
    • Kosumi Seal (16 variations)
    • Jump Seal After Diagonal Attachment (11 variations)
    • Keima Seal After Diagonal Attachment (9 variations)
    • 9-4 Press (4 variations)
  • Part II
    • 5-6 Keima Attack (44 variations)
    • Double Kakari (56 variations)
    • Three-Space Extension (16 variations)
    • 3-5 Invasion (15 variations)
    • 2-5 Invasion (21 variations)
    • Clamp Invasion After Diagonal Attachment (6 variations)
    • Clamp Invasion After Attachment and Jump (8 variations)
    • Cross Cut (55 variations)

The English version is available on [ext] CreateSpace and [ext] Amazon. Sample pages can be viewed on Amazon.

Cover Image

The cover image is the game of "nailing down the guoshou title" (一釘成國手), in which Fan Xiping (B) became guoshou by defeating Liang Weijin (W).


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