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Please Visit Our Sponsor  Gift Shop Go Stories Cao Cao and Weiqi In the thirteen year of Jiangan during Dong Han Dynasty, Cao Cao united the northern army and was ready to conquer the south. Cao trained his navy in Wuci and began his southward expedition in July. He was opposed by Liu Bei and Sun Quan. Who joined forces against him. In November, the Battle of Chibi broke out. Cao was badly defeated and had to escape desperately. After the Battle of Chibi, Cao was deeply depressed. He returned to Hebei, and refused to see anyone. One day, his wife rushed into the room saying, 'An old friend has come to visit you.' When Cao refused to meet this friend, his wife said, 'You must see him for he brought you medicine for your sickness'. She then took out a crystal box with a Weiqi set inside. Seeing this box, Cao asked, 'Is Shan Zi Dao here?' When his wife nodded, Cao agreed see him. Shan Zi Dao was a great Weiqi player during the Donghan Dynasty, who was a frequent Weiqi player at Cao's house. Because Cao was too busy conquering the world, he had not played Weiqi for years. Shan Zi Dao told Cao he came to say goodbye because he had decided to become a monk. When Cao ask Shan why he wanted to be a monk, Shan replied, 'I lost a game of Weiqi and am greatly depressed.' Cao comforted him saying, 'Winning or losing is very common in Weiqi. Why do you take it so seriously?' Shan Zi Dao thus replied, 'Playing Weiqi is very similar to fighting a battle. Losing a battle is no reason for not seeing your visitor either.' Cao realized the analogy instantly, and avoided the subject. Afterward, Cao asked Shan for a game of Weiqi. They played three games and Shan won two of them. Shan said to Cao, 'I won the first two games by luck, you won the last game by wit. Do you see another analogy here between these games and the Battle of Chibi?' Cao exclaimed, 'Alas, you opened my eyes!' After this, Cao snapped out of his depression and proceeded with his ambition with great success. Copyright Yutopian Enterprises 1999. Other Go Stories: Go back to Go Stories Page Back to Go, Weiqi, Baduk Page. Bookmark This Page Send This Page To A Friend 
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