摘要
一副残局,几个路人,交头接耳,品头论足。阿城的中篇小说《棋王》曾轰动一时,在那个人们头脑空白而又无序的年代,象棋确实是为数不多能从容品味而又不至于遭到批斗的生活方式。象棋和围棋都源自中国。所不同的是,围棋如今还有三国争雄,象棋则是彻头彻尾的中国式头脑风暴,千载以来,棋人棋事绵延不尽。
Chinese chess or xiangqi is basically a board game fought between two armies each with sixteen pieces. The wooden pieces are usually circular, and often the two sides are colored red and green. The armies face one another across a central river over which certain pieces are not allowed to cross. The pieces do not sit within the squares but are placed at the corners, and move from corner to corner. The aim of the game is to trap and kill the Marshall (Red Army) or General (Green Army).
