Did Sun Tzu play go?
Here are some of his interesting quotes on war.
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Sun Tzu died in about 500 BCE, whereas the first apparently uncontroversial historical mention of Go is (iirc) in about 300 BCE, discussing an event that it claims took place around 580 BCE. So it seems possible.
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See also my general proverbs thread. The classic book The Protracted Game: A wei’chi analysis of Maoist revolutionary strategy (which I received courtesy of teapoweredrobot) discussed in detail the position of Go in Chinese military thought.
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… and some more
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