Wu Qingyuan (June 12, 1914 - November 30, 2014) was the promoter and practitioner of the world Go revolution, creating the "Wu Qingyuan Era" in the Go world, and was known as the "Showa Chess Saint". In the theory of Go, a new layout idea and Wu Qingyuan's formula represented by the large avalanche inward turn were proposed. In his later years, he focused on promoting the internationalization of Go and the development of Chinese Go, and with his lifelong experience, he integrated the ancient Chinese culture and proposed the 21st century Go - Liuhe Qi, sublimating the artistry of Go, and revealing the lofty realm and vicissitudes of Go. On the occasion of the birth of the "Holy Player of Go", let us review Wu Qingyuan's life for a hundred years and pay tribute to the master!
Wu Qingyuan, a Go prodigy, was born in 1914 in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China. He had an extraordinary talent in Go, he had an eye for chess scores, and due to his illness as a child, he could not play intense sports, and with the encouragement of his father, he gradually developed the Xi of devoting himself to research for a long time, and his Go level improved very quickly. He absorbed the unique essence of ancient Chinese chess, and read the Go books that his father brought back from Japan, and after defeating the old master Lin Yishu from Datong, Fujian, the name of "Go prodigy" spread far and wide. He also went in and out of Haifengxuan to play against the first-class chess players at that time, such as Wang Yunfeng, Gu Shuiru, Liu Dihuai, etc., and his chess strength was growing day by day. When he was 11 years old, he was introduced to Duan Mansion by Duan Qirui's chess player Gu Shuiru, Duan Qirui liked him very much and gave him 100 oceans a month, so his reputation gradually drifted away. This created good conditions for Wu Qingyuan to concentrate on the study of chess in his early years. 
Wu Qingyuan in childhood.
In 1926, Japan's Inoue Kohei traveled to China and played against 13-year-old Wu Qingyuan in Beijing. This was followed by the sixth section of Iwamoto Xun, so that Wu Qingyuan's second son, Wu Yousheng. The 13-year-old Wu Qingyuan was able to win and lose with Gao Duan, and it was passed to Japan, which surprised the Japanese chess players. At that time, Japan's eight-dan "quasi-celebrity" (nine-dan also known as "celebrity") Sekoshi Kensaku looked at Wu Qingyuan's chess game and thought that he had the chess talent of a young Xiuce, so he went to Japan to learn Go and ran around. Wu Qingyuan worshiped Se Yuexian as a teacher, and was only 15 years old at the time. After Wu Qingyuan arrived in Japan, the Japanese Chess Academy gave him a "three-dan grid" according to the results of the examination chess, and soon after he arrived in Japan, he played three games in a row with the only "nine-dan" at that time. According to the rules of the Chess Academy, the game between the third and ninth dan is "two-three-two", that is, the first game allows two sons, the second game allows three sons, and the third game allows two sons, and Wu Qingyuan wins three games in a row. Then he played ten games with the young strong chess players from the third to the sixth dan of the Japanese Chess Academy, all of which were drawn, and the ten games were summarized, Wu Qingyuan won nine and lost one, shaking the Japanese Chess Academy. The Japanese chess world calls him a "ghost talent". 
Wu Qingyuan in his youth
In 1938, in the Sanwu Qingyuan era, Hideya Honinbo announced his retirement, and before retiring, he played a game of chess with Minoru Kitani called the Retreat War. As a result, Mutani won. It stands to reason that Minoru Kitani should be the first person in the chess world after Hideya Honinbo retired. However, people think that there is still Wu Qingyuan, and who is the first person will have to wait for Wu Qingyuan and Mu Gu to play a game before they can decide. As a result, the Yomiuri Shimbun launched a ten-set decisive battle between Minoru Kitani and Kiyogen. In October 1939, Wu Qingyuan and Minoru Kitani began the "Kamakura Juban Chess" competition. By the sixth game, Wu had reduced Minoru Kitani to a "first phase" hand with five wins and one loss. By 1941, Wu finally defeated Minoru Kitani 7th dan with 6 wins and 4 losses. The period from 1939 to 1956 was the heyday of Wu Qingyuan, known as the "Wu Qingyuan era". At the beginning of World War II, while the Japanese army swept through China and the East Asian continent with iron hooves, the chess player Wu Qingyuan fought alone on the Japanese mainland. In an unprecedented 10 Juban chess, he defeated the top seven super chess players in all of Japan, and beat all opponents to relegation, either to the first of the first of the second stage, or to the first of the second stage, forcing the loser to change the identity of the opponent to show that the weak did not have the ability to compete fairly with the strong, until later there was no one to fight, and the ascending and lowering of the Juban had to end. Wu Qingyuan became a well-deserved first person in the chess world, known as the "King of Ten Chess" and "Showa Chess Saint". 
Young Wu Qingyuan in the game
In 1933, Wu Qingyuan and Mu Gu started a new layout revolution. Wu Qingyuan played white more and more times after his rank was continuously improved, and gradually thought that if he followed the traditional move, he would always feel that white was lagging behind, and at that time, Minoru Mugu also had a similar idea. After the two exchanged, they hit it off and co-authored "New Layout Law" with Ernst & Young. The new layout emphasizes the stars, and the three-three-hand hand occupies the angles, which is fast and easy to unfold quickly. This greatly enriched the ideas of the Go world, caused a deep confrontation and integration of layout ideas among chess players, and laid the foundation for the subsequent rich and colorful layouts such as the Chinese stream and the cosmic stream. Wu Qingyuan also made bold innovations in the method of formulating, and created many Wu Qingyuan formulas, among which the large avalanche inward turning style is the most shocking. Since then, various changes around the avalanche have been carried out by professional chess players for decades. 
Middle-aged Wu Qingyuan Wu Qingyuan's conception of Go in the 21st century advocates the harmony and harmony of yin and yang. He believes that Go is an art and a philosophy of life. The ultimate goal of the game is to appreciate the "Tao" of perfect harmony and pursue the common perfection of chess and life. Wu Qingyuan believes that China's "Book of Changes" emphasizes the harmony of yin and yang, and Go cannot be separated from this path. The 20th century Go was dominated by winning, and the core of the 21st century Go is harmony, balance, and harmony. The gist of Wu Qingyuan's chess path is "Liuhe chess", and it is this spirit of indifference to fame and fortune and pure seeking of the Tao that makes him far surpass a chess player who competes for victory and defeat, and embodies an extremely rich and abundant personality. 
Wu Qingyuan's calligraphy Wu Qingyuan has dedicated his life to chess, and his achievements have shocked the past and the present. As a Go giant and a totem in the chess world, Wu Qingyuan's Go ideas are regarded as a guideline by professional chess players, and his legendary story infects a young man who has no mathematics.
Bronze statue of Wu Qingyuan Memorial Park in Fuzhou.