There is a legend about the great allure of go. Wang Zhi, a Jin-dynasty (265-420) woodman, was on his way up a mountain to gather firewood, when he came across two fellows playing a game of go. He stopped to watch them and forgot all about the firewood. In the middle of the game, one of the players told him: "You should be going home. Look, the handle of your axe has rotted away." Wang Zhi hurried down the mountain, but when he arrived home, he could find none of his family there any longer. All the villagers, too, were strangers to him 去书内

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    The legend of "Wang Zhi's Rotten Axe Handle" goes like this. During the Jin Dynasty, Wang Zhi, a woodcutter, went to Shishi Mountain to cut firewood as usual. There, he saw two elders playing Go and couldn't help but stop to watch. When the game ended, he found that the handle of his axe had rotted away. When he returned to the village, everything was different, as if hundreds of years had passed. This legend shows the unique charm of Go and the vicissitudes of life.

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