Monthly Archives: February 2015
Week 7 response
by Keenan T •
This week’s reading about weiqi and Go did a far better job at introducing me to weiqi and more importantly its importance in East Asian countries. I especially liked the rather short segment from p. 42-47 that discussed weiqi as imagery for war and the Wuxia narration that was mentioned. I found it amazing how…
The World of Weiqi
by cjakob •
Moskowitz makes the argument that weiqi serves many purposes in China. It serves several religious agendas, it relates to both traditional and modern society, all while attributing to nationalist and globalist ideologies. The most interesting manifestation of weiqi, is what Moskowitz called the “the world of weiqi” (p. 69). While Moskowitz makes a very interesting argument…
Blog of the Round Table, Player’s Choice
by Keenan T •
Player’s choice is incredibly important to any game especially if you are looking for replay value. For me player’s choice is most prominent when I am playing a Fire Emblem game but the more I think about it player’s choice is present in nearly every game I play to some degree. Player’s choice isn’t only…
Response and Image
by Maria •
Edbos Week 6 Rant
by Edbo •
I found the Journal of American Oriental Society to be the most interesting. The way that the game of Wei-Chi was so often used to symbolize life issues was very indicative of the broad acceptance, and importance of the game in Chinese society. I also found it really interesting to learn that the game of…
Weiqi, Metaphor, and Abstraction
by Alan Kloosterhof •
I especially enjoyed the Chen reading this week. Chen’s tracing of the ways in which weiqi served as a metaphor for war, society, and the cosmos seems reminiscent of last week’s readings, which told us that chess was treated in much the same manner. What’s interesting to me is that the metaphors built around chess…
Week 6 Weiqi, Liubo, and Boyi
by Keenan T •
This week’s reading were by far the most difficult we have had to read thus far. Wei Yao’s Disquisition on Boyi was the most difficult for me to understand however that was most likely because it, like all of the other reading, was talking about a culture that I haven’t ever really understood and the…
Abstraction or Symbolism
by Oliver •
Weiqi Stones
by Griffin H. •
The aesthetic principle behind this photo, perhaps unintentionally, mirrors the function that Weiqi stones serve on their game board. Housed in larger lacquerware containers, they seem to be constructed to make the same noise they do when touching the finished boards with which they are played on. Art of Contest‘s section on Weiqi is interesting…