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"Celestial Arsenal" Translation Released

Sun Ruoshi has just released "The Celestial Arsenal," his English translation of the late Ming dynasty classic "Xianji Wuku." Originally compiled around 1629, "The Celestial Arsenal" comprises a collection of hundreds of famous games, corner and side josekis, opening and invasion patterns, and over 400 life-and-death problems. Lu Xuanyu, a famous collector of go manuscripts, carefully selected and edited material from several famous go manuals and game records into eight scrolls: Gold, Rock, Silk, Bamboo, Gourd, Earth, Leather and Wood. This translation, however, is on 500 paper pages. The cover features two problems from the book; White to live on each side of the board. The book is available on Amazon and CreateSpace.