摘要
GOLF is popular all over theworld,and as early as the14th century China was al-ready playing a form of the game.Evidence for this is recorded in WanJing(Ball Canon),a book of rules forthe sport,and the equally informa-tive Piao Tongshi Yanjie(TranslatorPark’s Guidebook to Chinese Dialects),Written by a Korean translator namedPark and Published in the mid-14thcentury as a guide for Koreans in-tending to come to China.The latterinvolves every aspects of life inDadu(present-day Beijing),includ-ing commerce,books,handicrafts,acrobatics,folklore,food,drink andentertainment.A game called chuiwan(hitting the ball)described in thebook is very similar to modern golf.
