Inside the second-floor study at the Listening to Fragrance Waterside Villa, Ye Xunhuan and Qiu Shuihan sat opposite each other.
Before them lay a Go board, with black and white pieces interlaced across the board.
The black and white pieces on the board seemed like two battling armies, neither willing to retreat half a step.
Qiu Shuihan held the white stones, while Ye Xunhuan held the black.
A play of black against white, their moves on the board were a back and forth dance. Qiu Shuihan sought to form a great dragon on the board, but Ye Xunhuan's black stones were like a broadsword, slashing across the board, threatening to slay the dragon!
Despite Qiu Shuihan's apparent wild and rough exterior, when playing Go, his style was bold and powerful, very much in keeping with the ways of the Shaolin sect.
