Xu Shangqian often plays with travelers using an old board. His skill is modest, but he gives each game his al…
Xu Shangqian often plays with travelers using an old board. His skill is modest, but he gives each game his all. He claims in youth he galloped like the chess pieces—who knows if true? He's just a minor academy official with a mischievous child. But as he says, people are like chessboards—eventually aging, decaying.