GO (WEIQI/BADUK): History and How to Play [囲碁/围棋/바둑]

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Күн бұрын

Welcome to Ancient Gaming! Today I bring you a long one, so pick a cup of [insert favorite beverage here] and relax, because we’ll go to ancient China to delve deep down the rabbit hole that is weiqi!
Weiqi (or, as is popularly known in Japan and the west: the game of Go) is one of the juggernauts of ancient gaming. The legends date the game back to the period of Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors (2852 BCE to 2070 BCE), but the game is very likely much younger than that, being the first reference from the Zuo Zhuan (722 to 468 BC).
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PUBLISHED RESOURCES:
● Moscowitz, M. L. Go Nation: Chinese masculinities and the game if weiqi in China. University of California Press, 2013.
● Bruun, O. An Introduction to Feng Shui. Cambridge University Press, 2008.
● Yang, L. & An, D. Handbook of Chinese Mythology. ABC-CLIO, 2005.
● Shotwell, P. “Go and Ancient Chinese Divination: A Commentary on A Journey in Search of the Origins of Go By Shirakawa Masayoshi (Yutopian 2006)”. [self-publication], 2007.
● MacFadyen, M. The Game of Go: Learning and Mastering the Most Challenging Game in the World. Carlton, 2002.
● Shotwell, P. “The Game of Go: Speculations on its Origins and Symbolism in Ancient China”. [self-publication], 2008.
● Kiin, N. Go: the World Most Fascinating Game (Volume 1). Nihon-Kiin, 1973.
ONLINE RESOURCES:
● www.usgo.org/top-ten-reasons-...
● www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
● www.pandanet.co.jp/English/es...
● bs.dayabook.com/home/zuo-zhuan...
● online-go.com/
OTHER CLIPS USED IN THIS VIDEO
** The Great Wall of China - UAV Aerial Footage **
● • The Great Wall of Chin...
- Clip Media
**《围棋》第四集手谈 | CCTV纪录 **
● • 《围棋》第四集手谈 | CCTV纪录
- CCTV纪录
** 囲碁棋士５　卞聞愷（びゃん　うぉんけい）三段 **
● • 囲碁棋士５　卞聞愷（びゃん　うぉんけい）三段
- 日本棋院中部総本部【公式・囲碁】
** The myth of Prometheus - Iseult Gillespie **
● • The myth of Prometheus...
- TED - Ed
** INTRO | Avatar La Leyenda de Aang (LATINO) 60FPS ** [intro of the famous Avatar animated series aired by Nickelodeon]
● • Video
- FilmClip LA
** Hikaru no Go Best Scene | Hikaru's god speed game **
● • Hikaru no Go Best Scen...
- Anime Overdose
** Lee Sedol Hand of God Move 78 Reaction and Analysis **
● • AlphaGo vs Lee Sedol H...
- Fun Call Centre
** Confucius 2010 HD (Subtitulada en español) **
● • Confucius 2010 HD (Sub...
- Películas Espirituales
MUSIC
Intro: Chinese Fantasy Music - Night of the Soaring Dragon (群龍乘星)
● • Chinese Fantasy Music ...
- Music by Adrian von Ziegler [this guy has AMAZING music, check it out!]
0:00
Main: The Moon in Autumn
- Music by The Ugly (this is a work of various authors, see below)
● / the-moon-in-autumn
3:38
ADDITIONAL NOTES
● I’m aware the most popular version of the Yao myth is the one where it is not Yao himself, but the archer Hou Yi, the one that shoots down the 9 suns (under Yao’s command). There are several versions of this myth, in some of them it is indeed Yao the one shooting the arrows.
● Go, as other games in Japan, has a particular rule of etiquette, and the stones are meant to be placed in a certain way. I, however, do place the stones like the barbarian I am, that’s how it is!
● Bloopers at 22:34 !
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
1:30 History of Go
3:39 The Yao myths (Han Dynasty)
6:24 Tang Dynasty
7:18 Chinese cosmogonies
8:35 Song Dynasty
9:17 Go and astrology
12:30 How to play Go
20:15 Outro

Пікірлер: 41

@quach8quach907 9 ай бұрын

Go (like chess) is obviously a militaristic game. Its origin is obviously in warfare and military.

@krisztiankoblos1948 16 күн бұрын

Sun Tzu have a few proverbs what can be used.

@rosarodriguezdelcerro8617 3 жыл бұрын

Great!! Interesting history and beautiful game. Stone and Wood. Love It!! Waiting the Next. Thanks, Guille

@richarddavis8863 2 жыл бұрын

I gamble with my pride on every game, I couldn't imagine adding money into the equation! Great video man, I subscribed

@ancientgaming4698 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Richard :)! In antiquity, people would even often gamble with more than money, and put their life (or that of others) at stake. I am happy just gambling with my pride as well lol

@OKOKOKOKOKOKOK-zn2fy 3 ай бұрын

Adding risk by betting money will change everything. Some of the best players will tighten up considerably and become worthless under real pressure. Always play for money; it reveals the truth. When you lose, think of it as paying for the lesson.

@richarddavis8863 3 ай бұрын

@@OKOKOKOKOKOKOK-zn2fy dang I never really thought about adding money in to enhance the "mind game" aspect by throwing your opponent off. That actually makes a lot of sense. You'd just have to be sure to not let it tilt you as well

@OKOKOKOKOKOKOK-zn2fy 3 ай бұрын

@@richarddavis8863 Two things you learn from betting a little money on the game... 1. It's much harder when there is money on the line. People get tight and overthink. They become more defense oriented and cautious. 2. If you can think of a stressful situation as a game, you can get your emotions out of the decision process and make better choices. The Samurai called this "mushin", or the state of no mind. When you think of mortal combat as a game with no consequences, you will move quickly and with conviction. You are much better at everything if you can achieve this.

@mrjamess5659 2 жыл бұрын

ı have wached lots of videos about histort of go and this is one of the best. thank you for explaing how go is related to cosmology , its always telled but no body had explain it before. you did a very good researh.

@ancientgaming4698 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words Jamess :)! The game is indeed as great as the history behind it

@lyde9272 3 жыл бұрын

Man this is amazing! Get it out there, post it everywhere!! This has to be more popular :D

@ancientgaming4698 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Lyde for your kind words :) it really puts a smile on my face when I see people enjoying what I do. I do my best to share it with the people close to me, but I'm still a small channel so I don't have that much reach. Comments like yours however are worth a 1000 likes to me so that makes me more than happy 😊

@gonzaloperegrin2840 3 жыл бұрын

Cool, I had no idea of this game before! Loving these videos

@aymodaslacker8852 2 жыл бұрын

man this production quality is actually so good!

@ancientgaming4698 2 жыл бұрын

These comments are worth a thousand likes!

@lucasperegrin8569 3 жыл бұрын

Great content!! It's so hard to see information about these ancient games, keep it up!!

@loiclefebvre7135 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Nacho ! :p and what a beautiful board you have, thank your uncle as well ! :p all the best for your YT channel and your practice of go ! ;) Really nice video, Keep it up ! ^^

@ancientgaming4698 2 жыл бұрын

Their pleasure! And thank you Loic for your kind words :) Next video dropping later this week and many more in the horizon!! I am afraid my Go skills do need FAR greater work lol

@michaelorlev9925 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Loved watching it.one tiny thing, one of the four arts is actually playing the Guqin, not the lute.

@MrPleers 3 жыл бұрын

I was curious about the game after watching the Korean series "Reply 1988".

@ancientgaming4698 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah this one's huge in korea as well

@tititiwon 3 жыл бұрын

very good and interesting. A bit dense. U could make several videos out of this!

@V25021 2 жыл бұрын

This is fantastic! Would you consider putting in subtitles? Your accent is great, but the way you pronounce some asian phrases make it difficult to know what you're saying and how to spell them (so I can look them up and read further).

@ancientgaming4698 2 жыл бұрын

Hey :)! Thanks a lot! What language would you like me to add? I added subtitles in various languages, but, with the exception of the English and Spanish subtitles, most of them are automatically translated. If you are watching the video in your phone, you have to tap in the 3 little dots of the top-right corner. If you are watching it in your computer, you have to click in the small gear icon in the bottom and select the language you want for your subtitles. If there is any word you didn't understand (my chinese pronunciation is indeed quite bad) tell me which one is it and I will write it here :)

@salzurgobaduk 2 жыл бұрын

amazing job

@ancientgaming4698 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Salzur :)

@maximmakarenko9967 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@michaelorlev9925 2 жыл бұрын

Also,you didn't mention the possible shared roots with the I Ching. This seems to be a substantial theory, in my opinion.

@ancientgaming4698 2 жыл бұрын

This is something I did not come up with, will research that further!

@michaelorlev9925 2 жыл бұрын

@@ancientgaming4698 oh awesome!! Would love to see that!! Go and the I ching are two of my passions...! Looking forward to it..

@alexanderseman5900 2 жыл бұрын

Quiero videos en español. Su voz me gusta

@ancientgaming4698 2 жыл бұрын

Muchas gracias Alexander :)! El siguiente vídeo va a ser sobre un juego de España. También será en inglés, como los demás, pero alguna vez si me gustaría sacar un vídeo en español!

@user-nt6uh5qf8p Жыл бұрын

In fact, the Tibetan chess and the Chinese Weiqi are two different things. Japan and Korea accepted the Chinese culture so they have Weiqi, but Tibet is different.

@artemwatcher7494 Жыл бұрын

3:00 What anime is it?

@walter.casanova Жыл бұрын

Hikaru no Go.

@quach8quach907 16 күн бұрын

Again, Go is a militaristic game. It looks just like the trench warfare of WW1. It has nothing to do with: An invention to teach some prince. Flood control. Astrology. Divination. For divination, ask the Magic 8 Ball.

@jimmyhaotran123 2 жыл бұрын

everything is good except during the video you are promoting something, cuz why would you say Tibet it is this name, but in China is this name. You could either say "and in the rest of China is is called weiqi, or that Tibetan its name is this, and in Chinese the name is this." I'm not trying to go political, but this is not fun for people to promote something in a serious game like this.

@SJNaka101 Жыл бұрын

You say you are not trying to go political but westerners don't even think about this. There is no promotion happening. Only you are pushing some agenda.

@R3fl3xEs Жыл бұрын

Tibet is its own country, though! Cheers!

@sebastianbal1008 Жыл бұрын

friendly reminder that taiwan is not a part of china