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Or.8210/S.5574

manuscript, ink on paper

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Title

Go manual, The Classic of Go, weiqi, Classic Go

Date

400 to 1000

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 15.5 centimetres, width 240 centimetres

Material

manuscript, ink on paper

Language / script

Chinese (lang.) Tibetan (lang.) Tibetan (script) Chinese (script)

Subject

colophons Social and Economic Sponsored

Institution

British Library

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

The Classic of Go (Or.8210/S.5574)

Giles, LDescriptive Catalogue of the Chinese Manuscripts from Tunhuang in the British MuseumLondonBritish Museum1957ManuscriptsDunhuangGoldenLight

Sponsors

This, the earliest surviving Go manual, is dedicated to all those who spread awareness of the dignity and fragrance of the game. Peter and Sheila Wendes Zen Machine.

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