📚 Baiju Xiangqi Pu — one hundred selected positions, Qing dynasty
Red to move. Red is one Pawn up — three Pawns against two — with a Rook and Cannon in hand; but Black's palace guard of Advisor and Elephant is intact, backed by a Rook and Cannon of its own. The classical collection Bách Cục Tượng Kỳ Phổ concludes: draw. This position has not been verified by engine; the result follows the old book. The name borrows Hồng Nương, the most famous maid in the classic play 'Romance of the Western Chamber' — a woman whose personal name became the common Chinese word for a matchmaker. Why a jianghu chess puzzle carries this half-playful, half-bold name is explained in this page's Anecdotes section. In your view, can Red break through Black's Advisor–Elephant shield and turn one extra Pawn into a win?
一人の侍女が有名になりすぎて、その名が職業になった――そして路傍の局がその名を「借りた」
文学の中の一人の侍女があまりに有名になり、その名が普通名詞になった。今日の中国語で「紅娘」は仲人を意味し、現代の結婚相談サービスでさえ彼女の名を借りている。そして古い路傍の局が、「衣を脱ぐ」場面に彼女の名を冠した。 紅娘は演劇『西廂記』に登場する崔鶯鶯の侍女である。書生・張君瑞は普救寺で鶯鶯に出会い、恋煩いになった。山賊が寺を包囲して美女を要求すると、鶯鶯の母は包囲を解いた者に娘を与えると約束した――張が手紙を書いて救兵を呼んだ。ところが事が済むと、老夫人は約束を反故にし、二人を義理の兄妹に留めた。 以来、紅娘は恋人たちの文使いであり策士となった。恋の詩を往き来させ、西廂での逢瀬を取り持ちした…
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