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[September 12] [Hikaru no Go] Confucius Says…
Title: Confucius Says…
Day/Theme: September 12 / Dear Confucius
Series: Hikaru no Go
Characters: Kurata, Shindou
Rating: G
Word count: 100
Shindou meets Kurata 8-dan at the ramen shop. He has already set out the game board and looks across at Shindou from his empty bowl.
“Shindou, get me another pork ramen when you buy yours.”
“What? Why should I?”
Kurata holds up a stone. “Same bet?”
Shindou frowns at Kurata, watching as he leans back and flicks his wrist. The stone lands on the exact center of the board.
Again.
As Shindou balances two hot bowls on the small tray, he thinks of a scroll that hangs in the Nihon ki-in and decides that Kurata-sensei would surely confound even Confucius.
Author’s note:
The quotation regarding the relative merits of eating all day and playing Go truly hangs in the Go Association Building (Nihon ki-in) in Tokyo. This particular bit of wisdom, however, is not universally appreciated by the pro players (see the essay, Go in the Classics by Donald Potter).
Day/Theme: September 12 / Dear Confucius
Series: Hikaru no Go
Characters: Kurata, Shindou
Rating: G
Word count: 100
Confucius Says…
Hard is it to deal with him who will
stuff himself with food the whole day
without applying his mind to anything good.
Are there not gamesters and go players?
To be one of these would still be better
than doing nothing at all.
Book XVIII, Chapter XXII, Analects
Shindou meets Kurata 8-dan at the ramen shop. He has already set out the game board and looks across at Shindou from his empty bowl.
“Shindou, get me another pork ramen when you buy yours.”
“What? Why should I?”
Kurata holds up a stone. “Same bet?”
Shindou frowns at Kurata, watching as he leans back and flicks his wrist. The stone lands on the exact center of the board.
Again.
As Shindou balances two hot bowls on the small tray, he thinks of a scroll that hangs in the Nihon ki-in and decides that Kurata-sensei would surely confound even Confucius.
Author’s note:
The quotation regarding the relative merits of eating all day and playing Go truly hangs in the Go Association Building (Nihon ki-in) in Tokyo. This particular bit of wisdom, however, is not universally appreciated by the pro players (see the essay, Go in the Classics by Donald Potter).