Saptamana 11
Saptamana 12

Saptamana 11

  . . . [it is] something unearthly . . . If there are sentient beings on other planets, then they play Go.
  Emanuel Lasker, chess grandmaster

   Dar de asta ce ziceti ?
Monks who have a talent for it play go with women and become their lovers.
  Yamaoka Genrin, Edo-period essayist

  Oooo! Pai e clar: in perioada Edo, in Japonia, tipele (unele, cel putin) stiau Go. Si baietii, normal, trebuia sa invete si ei cite ceva ca sa poata intra in vorba cu ele.

  Zburdalnici preotii astia. Ceea ce imi aduce aminte de o povestire Zen: 2 preoti budisti mergeau pe un drum noroios si vad o tinara domnisoara care nu putea sa treaca strada. Unul din ei o ia in brate si o trece cu calm in partea cealalta. Pleaca ei si dupa o vreme celalalt preot zice: cum ai putut sa iei o femeie tinara in brate ? Ai uitat de juramintele de celibat ? la care celalalt
raspunde cu calm: eu am luat-o in brate doar cit am trecut-o strada si pe urma i-am dat drumul. Tu o tii si acum!
Acuma, ca sa aplici proverbul lui Radu la noi, nu e prea productiv.
Pina inveti o fata Go ca pe urma sa o seduci cu stiinta ta, iti ies
peri albi :-)

  There are on the Go board 360 intersections plus one. The number one is supreme and gives rise to the other numbers because it occupies the ultimate position and governs the four quarters. 360 represents the number of days in the [lunar] year.
The division of the Go board into four quarters symbolizes the four seasons. The 72 points on the circumference represent the [five-day] weeks of the [Chinese lunar] calendar. The balance of Yin and Yang is the model for the equal division of the 360 stones into black and white.
  From The Classic of Go, by Chang Nui (Published between 1049
and 1054)

  The board has to be square, for it signifies the Earth, and its right angles signify uprightness. The pieces of the two sides are yellow and black; this difference signifies the Yin and the Yang -- scattered in groups all over the board, they represent the heavenly bodies. These significances being manifest, it is up to the players to make the moves, and this is connected with kingship. Following what the rules permit, both opponents are subject to them -- this is the rigor of the Tao.
  Pan Ku, 1st century historian

  That play of black upon white, white upon black, has the intent and takes the form of creative art. It has in it a flow of the spirit and a harmony of music. Everything is lost when suddenly a false note is struck, or one party in a duet suddenly launches forth on an eccentric flight of his own. A masterpiece of a game can be ruined by insensitivity to the feelings of an adversary.
   From The Master of Go, by Yasunari Kawabata, winner of the
Nobel Prize for Literature

Saptamana 12

  The board is a mirror of the mind of the players as the moments pass. When a master studies the record of a game he can tell at what point greed overtook the pupil, when he became tired, when he fell into stupidity, and when the maid came by with tea.
  Anonymous Go player

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