After all of us are reborn, who plays Go?

Honnoji Temple.

A Buddhist temple located in Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Its sect is the Hokke sect, and its main deity is the Nichiren Mandala. The scale of the real temple is relatively small.

However, this temple is famous all over the world because of the Sankyo Incident and the Honnoji Incident. At least in Japan, it can be said that everyone knows it.

Basically every Japanese person should know the name of this temple, even the Heisei otakus, because they play games.

If it is a game about the Warring States period, you cannot avoid this temple which represents a turning point to some extent.

Similarly, Japanese Go can be said to have an inextricable relationship with temples, and many later title battles were decided in various ancient temples.

Because in the Kamakura and Muromachi period in Japan, the main theme of Go playing in Japan was monks. They used Go for their personal physical and mental training, and many Go masters were born.

For example, Kanren, who is revered as the first Go master in Japan, was a monk at Ninna-ji Temple. Nichiren and Nichiro, masters of the Kamakura period, were also monks. Honinbo I Sansa, the founder of modern Japanese Go, was a high monk at Jakko-ji Temple in Kyoto.

It can be said that Japanese Go is closely related to Japanese native Buddhism, and it can even be said that the two are in perfect harmony.

This includes the later China-Japan Go Agama Tongshan Cup, which is also a Go rapid chess competition exclusively sponsored by the Japanese Buddhist organization Agama Sect.

Therefore, it was completely reasonable to hold the final of Japan's first world championship, the Fujitsu Cup, in a temple, and no one could find any fault with it.

Because Japan has this tradition, and the same is true for other competitions.

But placing it in Honnoji Temple can’t help but make people think too much.

"Honnoji Temple."

Zhan Lang, who knew some of the situation, couldn't help but say something meaningful after hearing the name of the competition venue.

No matter how I think about it, I always feel that the location of this final seems to be full of these two words: targeting.

"Honnoji, playing chess in a temple? That would be quite interesting. How about holding our next international competition in Danghu?"

The other members of the Chinese team did not feel that there was anything wrong because they had never heard of the story of the Honnoji Incident.

Not to mention what Honnoji Temple represents, they were even hearing the name of this temple for the first time.

Fang Yuan looked at Zhan Lang with a strange expression and the other confused people, pretending to know everything and said, "You don't understand this, right? Many Go competitions in Japan are held in temples, because Honinbo is a monk."

"But this temple is not ordinary. It has an extraordinary relationship with Go."

Zhan Lang looked at Fang Yuan, who obviously didn't understand Honnoji, and said with a smile.

Zhan Lang thought it was normal for the other three people who knew nothing about Honnoji.

The reason why so many people in China later knew about Oda Nobunaga and Honnoji Temple was also because of the dual cultural output of Japanese anime and games in the world.

It is because of this that other people know about the history of village headmen’s fighting during the Japanese Warring States Period.

Otherwise, who would be interested in the history of the neighboring country? There are many people who can't figure out the order of dynasties in their own history books.

Let's not talk about the distant past. Does anyone know how the last Russian emperor died? How did Saber next door die? The one who didn't change gender?

In this era, due to the limitations of communication technology, Japanese subculture has not yet formed a particularly strong output worldwide.

Not to mention that many places in China are still relatively closed and have not been impacted by foreign cultures.

It is normal that people don’t know much about Japanese history. People in Japan may not even know who Oda Nobunaga is, let alone Honnoji Temple.

Hearing Zhan Lang's words, Fang Yuan said indifferently: "Which scenic spot and historical site doesn't have a few allusions these days? It is estimated that 80% of all temples in Japan are related to Go.

How much of it is made up and how much is real is a matter of debate.”

Since ancient times, no matter what it is, people like to give it a noble origin or have a celebrity to endorse it.

No matter what country or place, everything is the same.

Take Go for example. It is hard to say exactly when it appeared, but everyone would say that it was Emperor Yao who invented Go and taught it to his son Danzhu.

When it comes to the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and Yao and Shun, the role models among emperors, the level of Go naturally rises!

An intellectual sport created by Emperor Yao! Can it be an ordinary sport?
Does Gao Ya know?

What is Royal Sport?
Just like any snack you saw on the street later, it was either from when Empress Dowager Cixi fled, or it was from when Emperor Qianlong ate it during his trip to the south of the Yangtze River and praised it highly.

In general, according to legends from all over the country, the food that Empress Dowager Cixi ate when she was fleeing was probably no worse than what she ate in the palace, and the variety was probably even richer...

Therefore, Fang Yuan was not interested in this kind of allusions.

"What's my nickname in Japan?"

"The Sixth Heaven Demon King?" Upon hearing this, Fang Yuan answered without hesitation. This was not a secret and it had appeared in Japanese newspapers more than once or twice.

Later, Liu Xiang, Ma Long and others were able to get such nice nicknames in Japan. In addition to their strong strength, the reason was that Japan was not as good as China in this aspect from the beginning.

Even Liu Xiang is regarded as a source of pride by the Japanese, because they are all yellow people, and in their view, if Liu Xiang can do it, it means that they, as Asians, can do it too.

Of course... maybe they can be white when necessary.

But for someone like Zhan Lang who suddenly won over their dominant position, it is impossible for him to be given a nickname like the Golden Holy Dragon.

There are more black ships, demon kings and the like.

"Who was the last person in Japan called the Sixth Heaven Demon King?"

"do not know."

The three members of the Chinese team responded decisively that they had not even learned all of China's history, so who would care who called Japan the devil?

"Do you know who Oda Nobunaga is?"

"do not know."

Zhan Lang didn't know what to say after hearing this, so he could only start from the beginning: "You can think of that person as a little Cao Cao from the Japanese Warring States Period, right? He used the emperor to control the princes.

The temple where the competition took place was the site of the famous Honnoji Incident.

The night before this incident, Japan's number one Go player at the time, Honinbo Sansa, played a game against a monk named Rigen who was of equal level to him, while Oda Nobunaga watched the game.

In this game, a rare phenomenon of three disasters occurred, and then the incident of Honnoji Temple occurred the next day. Later, the three disasters cycle was also considered to be a bad omen. "

After hearing this, several people were still confused: "Nice allusion, but what does this have to do with this competition?"

"It was Oda Nobunaga who died in the Honnoji Incident. He was betrayed by his own retainers. Nobunaga, who was hailed as the incarnation of the sixth heavenly demon king, died in this place when he was only one step away from unifying Japan.

Legend has it that Oda Nobunaga was determined to maintain his last dignity, so he set fire to Honnoji Temple and then committed suicide by disemboweling himself.

Having said that, it is impossible for anyone not to understand.

The previous Sixth Heaven Demon King Nobunaga died in Honnoji Temple.

Now Zhanlang is known as the Sixth Heaven Demon King of Go in Japan.

And it just so happened that the final of the Fujitsu Cup was held in Honnoji Temple. It can't be said that it was intentional and careless, right?

All I can say is that Sima Zhao’s intentions are known to everyone.

"No, I'll ask them to change places!"

Hearing this, Fang Yuan stood up without thinking.

Although this thing involves some messy metaphysics, theoretically it should not be believed.

But now that you know it, you can't help feeling a little uncomfortable.

How should I put it? Just like the names of some competitions, sometimes they just seem to be more competitive.

Zhan Lang now knows that Japan has deliberately chosen a place that is weak against him. It is inevitable that he will be in a bad mood during the game, and may even think of some bad things that will affect the game.

Fang Yuan naturally wanted to argue and change the venue of the competition.

Isn't the Nihon Ki-in good enough? Why go somewhere else?

Zhan Lang waved his hand when he heard this: "No need."

They deliberately chose this place as the venue for the competition. How could they change it just because you protest?

Then the deal would have been in vain.

Besides, the competition is organized by others. Do they need to ask for your consent on where to hold the competition?
Love comes or not.

Moreover, Zhan Lang was quite curious about the place called Honnoji. After all, he had only seen it in games before, and this was the first time he saw it in real life.

As for whether this place will affect one's luck?

Zhan Lang: I am the destiny!

PS: One of the players who will compete in the Nongshim Cup will be decided tomorrow. Gu Ke is two ahead of the other. Personally, I think Bully Teacher is better. After all, Nongshim’s main goal is to deal with Shen Zi, and Bully can always come up with something.

(End of this chapter)