📚 Xinwu Canbian — a Ming-dynasty endgame manual
Red to move. The sides are nearly balanced: Red has a Rook, a Knight, a Cannon, three Pawns and an Elephant; Black a Rook, a Cannon, two Pawns and a full Advisor–Elephant guard. The classical manual Tâm Võ Tàn Biên concludes: draw. This position has not been verified by engine; the result follows the old book. The name is tied to the battle of Uyển Thành in 197 — where Điển Vi, his twin halberds stolen, made his own body the camp gate and died standing, so that for a long while no enemy dared step past him. That tragic story is told in this page's Anecdotes section. In a balanced position like this, which side — in your view — must 'fight to the death' just to keep the draw: Red or Black?
愛用の双戟を失った巨漢――自らの体を陣門とした
最愛の武器は酔っている間に盗まれた。長い刃は折れた。最後に彼は敵兵二人を掴んで武器として振り回し続けた――そして陣門に立ったまま死んだ。しばらくの間、敵はそこを通る勇気がなかった。それが典韋、197年の宛城である。 張繡は降伏していたが、曹操は張済の未亡人である鄒氏――張繡の叔母――を自らの幕へ入れた。それは張繡にとって言い表せない屈辱であり、賈詡はその夜のうちに反乱を勧めた。まず張繡の部下が胡車児に典韋へ酒を勧めさせて泥酔させ、重い鉄の双戟を盗ませた。 夜の混乱の中、典韋は一人で陣門を塞いだ。戟はなく、刃も折れ、彼は自らの体と掴めるものすべてで戦った。矢は雨のように降り、傷は全身を覆い、彼は…
Stories around this position — storytelling, not part of the engine-verified content.
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