Learning Game in Pre-Qin Period: Anonymous
Qiu Yi is the best athlete in this country. Let Qiu Yi teach two people to play chess, one to concentrate on playing chess, and Qiu Yi listens; Although one person thought it was a swan, he tried to shoot it with his bow. Although I learned chess from the previous one, chess is still not as good as the previous one. Is it because his intelligence is not as good as the former? That's not true.
Translation:
Qiu Yi is the best chess player in the country. Let Qiu Yi teach two people to play chess. One of them concentrates on his study and only listens to Qiu Yi. Another man, although he listened to Qiu Yi's instructions, thought that a wild goose (or swan) was coming and wanted to shoot it down with a bow and arrow. Although they learn chess together, the latter is not as good as the former. Is it because his intelligence is worse than others? Say: it's not like this.
Qiu Yi is the first recorded professional chess player in Weiqi, and also the first recorded Weiqi celebrity engaged in education. With regard to the name of Qiu Yi, Jiao Xun, a scholar in Qing Dynasty, explained in Mencius Justice that the ancient craftsmen were named by their names, such as the Boxer Rebellion and Butufu. The name is Qiu Yi, so Qiu Zhi is its name. Because all countries call it a good game, it is named after Qiu Yi.
Because of his excellent chess skills, many young people wanted to worship him at that time. Qiu Yi accepted two students and taught them in the same way, but one was serious and the other was distracted; One is dedication and the other is laziness, so although they all made efforts, they didn't get the same result.
These two short stories are recorded in the history books. People write it down, probably to warn future generations that dedication is the premise of playing Go well and doing things wholeheartedly.