Go! Chinese 1, 2e Student Textbook (Simplified Chinese)

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The influence of the Go game on Chinese society is quite evident in various works of literature, which often include a scene or two featuring the Go board. One of China's classics, "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms," depicts the famous general Guan Yu playing Go while receiving surgery on this arm. Another general Fei Wei was said to deploy his troops using a Go board as his visual layout.

Gowell is proud to have won the 2006 Asia Pacific ICT Award (APICTA) in Education and Training for GoChinese. The APICTA Awards is an international program that invites participants from 16 countries and economies in Asia. Education Association (Canada), and web educator for Global Chinese Language and Culture Center of OCAC (Overseas Compatriot Gain a seamless learning experience, with access to learning materials used both in and out of the classroom Rapidly and easily online-enables any instructor-created lessons or exercises, with multimedia and learning elements auto-generatedDu Mu was a famous poet living in the ninth century. He once wrote a poem about playing a farewell game of Go with his friend, where they used jade stones and a catalpa table. Today the most popular stones are the Yunzi, made from pebble stone from Southwestern Yunnan province. language skills across the three modes of communication (interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational) while gaining an appreciation of She has also worked as Curriculum Advisor for the Toronto Board of Education (Canada). She was member director of Ontario Chinese Weiqi, known in English as Go or Encirclement Chess, is one of the four most refined skills that an ancient Chinese intellectual could possess. It has a history of well over 4000 years in China and remains popular to this day in China, Japan and South Korea. Culturally, this may be one activity that really is "more than just a game".

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Many people also love this ancient game for the essence of Chinese philosophy that it contains. For example, Confucianism stresses the rule of Golden Mean, that people should not go to extremes, and not reveal the edges of their personality. Similarly in Go, you must hide your intensions and not fully reveal them until necessary. There's also the traditional Daoist doctrine that if you want to take something from others, you first need to give up something of your own. This is equally applicable to the strategies of Go. Go! Chinese now comes with a second edition offering new and improved content! As a multi-level, fully integrated Chinese language