Fan Xiping (1709 - ?), titled guoshou and go saint, was one of the strongest players in the Qing dynasty. Together with Shi Xiangxia, their Ten-Game Match at Danghu is widely regarded as the pinnacle of go in ancient China.
In the masterpiece Go Book of Peach Blossom Spring, Fan summarizes his unique findings from his lifelong research with an exposition of 20 basic positions in over 400 variations.
- Foreword (by Ruoshi Sun)
- Preface (by Fan Xiping)
- Part I
- 9-5 Cap (44 variations)
- 3-6 Invasion (28 variations)
- Entering the Corner with the Very Large Knight s Move (12 variations)
- Kick, 3-6 Invasion (24 variations)
- 3-5 Invasion, Hane (40 variations)
- Attacking with Two-Space Extension and Keima (36 variations)
- Corner Seal (7 variations)
- Inappropriate Corner Seal (6 variations)
- Kosumi Seal (16 variations)
- Kick, Jump Seal (11 variations)
- Kick, Keima Seal (9 variations)
- 9-4 Press (4 variations)
- Part II
- 5-6 Keima Attack (44 variations)
- Double Low Approach (56 variations)
- Three-Space Extension (16 variations)
- 3-5 Invasion (15 variations)
- 2-5 Invasion (21 variations)
- Kick, Clamp Invasion (6 variations)
- Kick, Jump, Clamp Invasion (8 variations)
- Cross Cut (55 variations)
Sensei's Library: http://senseis.xmp.net/?PeachBlossom Amazon author page: http://amazon.com/author/ruoshi
About the translator: http://senseis.xmp.net/?RuoshiSun