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The Beginning:

A secret ancient Xiangqi manual 200 years ago

自出洞来无敌手 – which would be translated to be "The

Invincible XiangQi Manual" was an ancient manual that was
supposedly authored by a Taoist priest called Priest Chunyang.
Chunyang in Chinese meant “pure sun”. When the manual was
actually published is not known, however it was believed that it
was published more than two hundred years ago. The manual was
basically copied by hand and handed down generation by
generation with only a handful few manuals still in circulation
during the Qing dynasty.

The entire manual consist of seven chapters. Each chapter

contained five games. All thirty five games did not show any
variations these was easier for the readers to study.

Each chapter was represented by a single Chinese character. Each

single Chinese character would represent a particular Xiangqi
variation. Shown below is the Chinese character and its relevant
Xiangqi opening.

The Chinese character “自” - Same Direction Cannons with Ranked

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