In "Chu Ci Summoning Spirits", there are "six shades of elephants, and there are six evils." Among them, "Xiangqi" is chess. As we all know, Xiangqi is a traditional Chinese chess puzzle game with a long history. Although it is impossible to verify the exact time of its origin, it is a definite fact that Xiangqi originated in China. However, there is a person who says that there were no elephants in ancient China, so chess originated in India and not in China? This man is also a Ph.D. in biochemistry and a well-known Chinese scholar who has published many books on biology*** He said that although there was an "elephant" (front character, reverse painting) on the front and back of the chess pieces in the Song Dynasty, there were no elephants in ancient China, and there were no war elephants. Contrary to it, the standard configuration of the Royal Indian Army has always been a war elephant, and it is very in line with the role of the "elephant" in chess, so the chess elephant is the best Indian war elephant. And then the Chinese chess changed the "elephant" of the red side to "xiang" in an attempt to remove this trace, but how did the prime minister protect the generals if he was a civil minister? 
This reasoning seems to be plausible, and those who do not know history may believe it. But this is actually nonsense that makes people laugh out of their big teeth, in other words, it is very wrong. The origin of chess is judged according to whether there is an "elephant" or not, not to mention whether the judging criteria are correct, just from the perspective of whether there is an elephant, he is really a lonely and unheard of frog at the bottom of the well. In the Book of Han, in the second year of Yuan Hunting, Nanyue offered elephant taming; The allusion to "Cao Chong's Elephant" recorded in the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" is also known to the world. And in addition to the ancient Chinese elephants recorded in the book, there are also physical proofs. The Chinese Shang Dynasty Kui Pattern Elephant Statue, which is now in the collection of the American Art Museum, is a bronze made according to the pictogram, representing China's long historical and cultural heritage. There are also many royal tombs unearthed in our country in the funeral goods made of chess funerary goods made of precious materials, including the Western Han Dynasty gilt bronze elephant and elephant training figurines exhibited by the National Museum of China, and relevant studies show that the people of the Western Han Dynasty have been able to "train elephants" at that time, which shows that the elephant has existed in China for a long time. In India, whether from the ancient books or the excavation of cultural relics, there has never been a chess game with the Chu River and the Han realm, which is enough to explain the origin of the chess. 
In addition, although there are different opinions on the origin of chess, it is inseparable from its ancestral capital in China. The Northern Song Dynasty said that chess first originated in the era of ancient emperors, and there is also a saying that it originated in Shennong, Shang, Chu and Han, and so on. Among them, the theory of the origin of Chu and Han is the most recognized by the Chinese people, because the chessboard clearly says "Chu River Han Boundary". In Hu Ge's version of "Myth", he was bored when Chu and Han were fighting for hegemony, and he drew chess to play against the old man, and later came chess. Although it is a film and television creation, it is also **. In 1972, the foreign historian Bijiv concluded in his book "Xiangqi: The Symbol of the Universe" that Xiangqi originated in China in 569 AD, when Xiangqi was called "Xiangxi". And its earliest record appeared in the "Book of Zhou, Benji": in the fourth year of Tianhe, in May Yichou, the imperial "Xiangjing" was completed, and it was preached in Bailiao. There are many records about chess in China from ancient times to the present. Moreover, they all show that in chess, "Xiang" and "Xiang" represent the same meaning, which is a chess system that symbolizes military warfare, not that "Xiang" represents the war elephant and "Xiang" represents the Prime Minister. In the early days, chess was used as a military game, which contained the wisdom of arranging troops, and the two sides used chess pieces to represent the army and simulate the battle. Moreover, it contains the core theory of the Chinese art of war, which is the original "soldier who surrenders without a fight", which pays attention to the strategy of encirclement and victory, and does not eat up the opponent's chess pieces. And chess is constantly evolving, because it is inevitably affected by military changes. 
In the early days of chess, there were only 6 discs on both sides, but over the years, the number increased to 16 discs on each side. The way of arranging the chess has also changed, in the Sui and Tang dynasties, the rook, the horse, and the pawn have been used as chess pieces, but it is worth noting that although there was no "elephant" at this time, after that, the cannon, the soldier (Shi), and the phase (xiang) were added. But without "xiang", it is still called chess, which shows that early chess does not refer to chess with "xiang". Therefore, the "elephant" in chess is not an elephant, but just a chess piece. With its spread, in the boring life of ancient times, people wanted to spend boring time, playing chess became a better choice, and chess became the best choice among them. It is not only intellectual, but also has catchy chess mantras such as "the horse walks the day, the elephant flies to the field, and the cannon hits the mountain". Every chess player is a general who points out the country, and this feeling has also made chess more widespread, even to this day, and spread all over the world.