Play "go"

date:2014-10-29

      Today   I went to Union for dinner . In the road , I found some people play "go" , which attracted me much because I never saw American people play go.The player were a granny and a girl. They put the stone while talking,which is seldom been seen in China .And they said that "go" was taken to USA by an American when he visited Japan in 1950s ,because China closed door to the outside ,so the rule they use now is according to Japan.I told them actually go originated from China , and Chna has a long history of playing go.The granny said she has already played for 3000 times ,and at the first ,she didn't understand what is meaning of “eye”until she played about several times.I told her that "eye" should be translated into "breath". without breath ,people would die,so does the go.And I also told her that go is a typical game that reflects  Chinese philosophy. It  seems easy to play, but the more you play ,the harder you will find it to master ;It seems no rule, but there is rule everythere;For the foreigners, they like to calculate the next steps.But the more steps you calculate ,the harder for you to put it on the table;One should not go straight   to attack the opponent,and go around it and not be seen through.One should have a bird eyeview on the table,not just focus on a corner in order to be a master.

A sentense she said is remembered by me “ when you set up a thread ,you should fufill your thread”. Do you know the meaning?