Gateway To All Marvels
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 2:07 am
GoGoD is again pleased to make an announcement that may in turn please Kindle users. We have just issued a further e-book on Amazon: Gateway To All Marvels (GTAM).
GTAM is special edition of the 1347 Chinese classic Xuanxuan Qijing (XXQJ; or Gengen Gokyo by its Japanese name), which is surely the most significant go book ever produced. It has become the foundation for virtually every problem book since, as well as being the main source for early go theory.
e-GTAM brings together every problem and every variant from perhaps every subsequent edition, and discusses how the almost 500 problems and their solutions have evolved and varied, and also how even modern professionals often disagree on the correct solutions or, dare we say it, trip up.
A characteristic feature of the original collection was the addition of titles which provide clues either to remembering the problems or to solving them. I have explained all these allusive titles in detail, which means that the book is also an entertaining romp through Chinese history and culture. The original Chinese characters have been provided and indexed.
Discussion of the problems is also aided by identification of "key techniques", some new, some old, so that, for example, "rooster on one leg" and the "tombstone tesuji" now join newcomers such as the "caterpillar connection" and “crushed hat” . The significance of this is that it provides a new insight into problem-solving. XXQJ is well known for its “under-the-stones” problems and this technique (one of about 40 identified) does indeed occur 46 times in the 466 problems. But did you know there are two types of “under-the-stones”? More importantly, did you realise that “rooster on one leg” appears 35 times and “elbow lock” 24 times whereas as the “belly attachment” only appears 12 times and the L-group 4 times. GTAM’s thematic index will help you re-orient yourself to a more efficient way of solving hard tsumego problems.
These techniques are not just fully indexed but are also (taking advantage of the Kindle format) presented in a way that means they can be treated as optional further clues to the problems. Hypertext links are provided not just between problems and their solutions but also to many cross-references.
On the whole, XXQJ problems are famously hard. But the combination of entertainment, themes, clues and presentation in GTAM makes them highly accessible even to kyu players.
The lengthy principal texts in the ancient Chinese edition have also been translated and annotated here. They include the original prefaces, the complete "Go Classic in Thirteen Chapters", Ma Rong’s “Rhapsody” and Liu Zhongfu's "Go Secrets".
We believe that this book alone will conveniently last you for many, many long-haul flights and all the waiting in airports that goes with modern travel.
Note that it is a very large file: 34MB. The base price has therefore been set at US $14.99.
The Amazon url is http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0085MJ6F0
You will also see on Amazon that previous GoGoD e-books "Inoue Genan Inseki" and "The Life of Honinbo Shuei" are also available.
GTAM is special edition of the 1347 Chinese classic Xuanxuan Qijing (XXQJ; or Gengen Gokyo by its Japanese name), which is surely the most significant go book ever produced. It has become the foundation for virtually every problem book since, as well as being the main source for early go theory.
e-GTAM brings together every problem and every variant from perhaps every subsequent edition, and discusses how the almost 500 problems and their solutions have evolved and varied, and also how even modern professionals often disagree on the correct solutions or, dare we say it, trip up.
A characteristic feature of the original collection was the addition of titles which provide clues either to remembering the problems or to solving them. I have explained all these allusive titles in detail, which means that the book is also an entertaining romp through Chinese history and culture. The original Chinese characters have been provided and indexed.
Discussion of the problems is also aided by identification of "key techniques", some new, some old, so that, for example, "rooster on one leg" and the "tombstone tesuji" now join newcomers such as the "caterpillar connection" and “crushed hat” . The significance of this is that it provides a new insight into problem-solving. XXQJ is well known for its “under-the-stones” problems and this technique (one of about 40 identified) does indeed occur 46 times in the 466 problems. But did you know there are two types of “under-the-stones”? More importantly, did you realise that “rooster on one leg” appears 35 times and “elbow lock” 24 times whereas as the “belly attachment” only appears 12 times and the L-group 4 times. GTAM’s thematic index will help you re-orient yourself to a more efficient way of solving hard tsumego problems.
These techniques are not just fully indexed but are also (taking advantage of the Kindle format) presented in a way that means they can be treated as optional further clues to the problems. Hypertext links are provided not just between problems and their solutions but also to many cross-references.
On the whole, XXQJ problems are famously hard. But the combination of entertainment, themes, clues and presentation in GTAM makes them highly accessible even to kyu players.
The lengthy principal texts in the ancient Chinese edition have also been translated and annotated here. They include the original prefaces, the complete "Go Classic in Thirteen Chapters", Ma Rong’s “Rhapsody” and Liu Zhongfu's "Go Secrets".
We believe that this book alone will conveniently last you for many, many long-haul flights and all the waiting in airports that goes with modern travel.
Note that it is a very large file: 34MB. The base price has therefore been set at US $14.99.
The Amazon url is http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0085MJ6F0
You will also see on Amazon that previous GoGoD e-books "Inoue Genan Inseki" and "The Life of Honinbo Shuei" are also available.
It looks like you've done an excellent job in producing what appears to be a superior version of this work (with hyperlinks!), thankyou!