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吴清源

吳清源
Wú Qīngyuán
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Go Seigen, Chinese-Japanese Go master

About Go Seigen

1914–2014 · 运动员 athlete

Player of Go (围棋) born in Fujian who moved to Japan at 14 and from 1939 to 1956 won every ten-game match (十番棋) against Japan's top players.

Examples

HSK 7-9
Wú Qīngyuán bèi yùwéi èrshí shìjì zuì wěidà de wéiqí qíshǒu.
Go Seigen is hailed as the greatest Go player of the twentieth century.
HSK 7-9
Tián Zhuàngzhuàng pāi guò yí bù guānyú Wú Qīngyuán de diànyǐng.
Tian Zhuangzhuang made a film about Go Seigen.

Tips

culture
He was born 吴泉; 清源 'clear source' was his courtesy name, a match for 泉 'spring', and it became the name he used. In Japan he is honoured as 昭和棋圣, 'the Go sage of the Shōwa era'.
culture
His Japanese name 'Go Seigen' (吴清源, written 呉清源 in Japanese kanji) is the on-yomi reading of the same characters. Tian Zhuangzhuang directed the 2006 biopic 《吴清源》 starring Chang Chen.

Stroke Order

吴 Wú
清 qīng
源 yuán