各界人士评价

龚沁翰（国际易学联合会首席顾问、中宣部原副部长）：宁波人杰地灵，创造了很多第一，“太极牌”的发明，宁波人在智力运动中又创造了第一。可为之”国学智运“加以推广。

   董光璧（国际易学联合会会长、中科院研究员）：“太极牌”化深奥的易学知识于充满趣味的文化娱乐之中，这是易学生活化和大众化的有益探索，应当发扬光大。

   杨　立（中国轻工业联合会原副会长、中国文体用品协会原理事长）：现在好多纸牌多是在西方纸牌基础上的改造，万变不离其宗，而“太极牌”却以完整的中国文化符号打造了中国的纸牌，可喜可贺，要争取把它纳入到国家智力运动中去。

   白　岷（国家体育总局棋牌运动管理中心综合部部长）：“太极牌”从推广角度看，其名称很有品位，要以发源地为基础，积极组织开展活动，加大宣传，扩大参与面，使之真正成为大众所喜爱的智运项目。

何志平（原全国政协委员、香港特别行政区民政事务局原局长）：“太极牌”创新了中华传统文化的一种传播形式，使人们多了一种了解易学文化的途径，这是一个很有意义的发明，如到香港来交流推广，我愿意做促进工作。

应镇国（台湾《经济日报》原总编辑）：“太极牌”对两岸开展文化交流来说是一个不错的项目，因为太极文化是华人共同的文化之根，以此来开展两岸交流活动，能增进两岸对祖国文化的认同感。

徐　建（宁波市体育局副局长）：智力运动有史以来基本上是以智力博弈为其功能和价值，而“太极牌”使智力运动融入了文化传承的功能，为体育事业传承中华文化开启了一个新的研究视角。

Evaluation from people of all walks of life

Gong Xinhan (Chief advisor of International Association of I-Ching Studies and former undersecretary of the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the CPC): Ningbo has many famous people and initiates many things. The invention of “Tai Ji Card” is another record set by Ningbo people in mind sports. The card can be promoted as “studies of Chinese ancient civilization and intelligence development”.

Dong Guangbi (president of International Association of I-Ching Studies and researcher of Chinese Academy of Sciences): “Tai Ji Card” blends complicated I-Ching knowledge into fun entertainment, which is a beneficial exploration for I-Ching’s popularization and should be carried forward.

Yang Li (former vice president of China Light Industry Council and former president of China Stationery & Sporting Goods Association): Today’s many cards are transformed on the basis of western cards, so they remain essentially the same despite all apparent changes. However “Tai Ji Card” is different. It creates a Chinese card game with full Chinese cultural symbols, which shall certainly be congratulated and be brought into national mind sports.

Bai Min (Minister of General Affairs Department of Chess and Card Games Management Center of General Administration of Sports): From the angle of promotion, the name of “Tai Ji Card” shows a good taste. We need to base on the place of origin to actively organize and conduct activities, increase promotion and expand participation degree and make it an intelligence sport favored by the public.

He Zhiping (former member of the national committee of CPPCC and former director general of the Home Affairs Bureau of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region): “Tai Ji Card” opens up a new mode for popularizing Chinese traditional culture and gives people one more channel to know I-Ching culture. It’s a meaningful invention. If it comes to Hong Kong for exchange and promotion, I’m willing to promote it.

Ying Zhenguo (former chief editor of Taiwan’s Economic Daily): “Tai Ji Card” is a good project for cross-straits cultural exchange because Tai Ji is the root of the culture shared by Chinese. Taking this game to conduct cross-straits exchange activities can increase cross-straits sense of identity for motherland’s culture.

Xu Jian (deputy director general of Ningbo Sports Bureau): Throughout history, mind sports basically take intelligence competition as their function and value, but “Tai Ji Card” blends the function of cultural inheritance into mind sports which opens up a new research perspective for inheriting Chinese culture through sports cause.

太极牌简介

2014年，全球首套“易经国牌”易名为“太极牌”。“太极牌”将阴阳之道与对弈之术融为一体，开创了太极文化在体育运动中健身与益智并举之先河，现介绍如下：

一、“太极牌”的设计以《易传》“太极生两仪，两仪生四象，四象生八卦”的理论为依据，共计68张牌，其中64张正牌，4张王牌。

（一）牌面设计：正牌的牌心为《易经》64卦的卦画、卦名和卦的简解文字，角码为八卦的卦画和卦名。周环数字以区别不同的卦牌。牌色按太极化生八卦排序，奇数为红色，偶数为黑色，意喻一阳一阴。

牌心为六十四卦的卦名，两头为卦的卦画，文字简解尤如门联，如泰卦，上联“天地交合”为卦位，下联“通泰之象”为卦象，横批“居安思危”为卦理。见图示：

四张王牌分红，黑，蓝，黄四色，意喻夏冬春秋四季，牌心为龙凤竞太极图案，喻示太极阴阳相遂之运动理念。角码为“太极牌”文字。

（二）牌序设计：按太极化生八卦图排列，循太极运动阴阳互应之规律，分顺逆与对应两种牌序，即跟（出）牌规则。

顺逆牌序：乾（天）、兑（泽）、离（火）、震（雷）、巽（风）、坎（水）、艮（山）、坤（地），从乾—坤为顺序，从坤—乾为逆序。

对应牌序：乾—坤，离—坎，兑—艮，震—巽，可相互跟牌。四王牌按红、黑、蓝、黄排列，为由大到小的牌序关系

（三）牌类设计：即出牌类型，分单排，对牌，顺牌，将牌和王牌五种牌型。

（四）牌的玩法：四人对弈，现有单打：四方竞王，双打：开天辟地两种，单双打均以一方先完成八卦循环进卦为胜出。 “太极牌”是富有中国文化特色的娱乐项目，有道是：天地山水汇手中，阴阳之道悟在胸，相弈之处定乾坤，智运新临中国风。

Introduction of “Tai Ji Card”

  The name of the first set of “I Ching Card” in the world was changed into “Tai Ji Card” in 2014. “Tai Ji Card” combines principles of yin and yang and art of playing chess together and initiates the promotion of Tai Ji culture in sports in both exercising and enlightening ways. The brief introduction is as follows:

I.The design of “Tai Ji Card” is based on the theory in Commentaries on Yi: “Tai Ji gives birth to two states. Two states are then developed into four images, and the four images give rise to eight trigrams.” One set has 68 cards in total including 64 standard cards and 4 trump cards.

(I) Card design: the middle of the standard cards are printed with diagrams, names and simple explanation of 64 divinatory symbols in I Ching. The angle codes are the Eight Trigrams’ diagram and name. The surrounding numbers are for distinguishing different cards. The card’s colors are sorted by the order of Tai Ji giving birth to the Eight Trigrams. The odd numbers are red and even numbers are black, which means one yang and one yin.  

The center of the cards provide names of the 64 trigrams and the both ends are the diagrams of the trigram, the explanatory note is like antithetical couplet on the door. Take trigram Tai for example, the first line “heaven and earth merges into one” is trigram position, and the second line “atmosphere of prosperity” is trigram image, and the horizontal scroll “vigilant in peace time” is trigram principle. See the following figures for details:

The four trump cards are divided into our colors: red, black, blue and yellow which represents summer, winter, spring and autumn. The center of the card is a figure of dragon and phoenix fighting for Tai Ji which implies that the sports conception of combining yin and yang together. The angle code is the words of “Tai Ji Card”.

(II) Card order design: arrange by Eight Trigrams and according to the law of interaction of yin and yang. There are two orders: forward&backward and corresponding, namely the rules for following and showing cards.

Card order of forward&backward: qian (sky), dui (lake), li (fire), zhen (thunder), xun (wind), kan (water), gen (mountain) and kun (earth), the forward order is from qian to kun, and the backward order is from kun to qian.

Corresponding order: qian-kun, li-kan, dui-gen, zhen-xun, the cards can be followed with each other. The four trump cards are arranged from red, black, blue to yellow which is the order from big to small.

(III) Type design: that is type for showing cards. There are five card types: single row, pair cards, forward cards, trump cards and jokers.

(IV) Game rules: there are two types of rules: singles and doubles among four people. No matter it is singles or doubles, the one who first complete the Eight Trigrams Circulation is the winner.

“Tai Ji Card” is a recreational activity with Chinese cultural features. As it says: With elements in hand, with Yin-Yang in mind, play the game and decide the world, so Chinese wisdom is becoming a new wind.

2011年1月，“东钱湖杯”宁波首届“易经国牌大奖赛在东钱湖畔举行，宁波多所高校学生和各县（市）区爱好者近百人参加了本次大赛。

In January 2011,“Dongqian Lake Cup” First Ningbo “I-Ching Card Grand Prix” was held beside Dongqian Lake. Over 100 students and fans from colleges and universities in Ningbo, and different counties, cities and districts in Ningbo participated in this competition.

中国国民党原副主席蒋孝严题词

Inscription by Jiang Xiaoyan, the former vice-chairman of Kuomingtang.

《易经国牌》香港推介活动

Hong Kong promotion conference for I-Ching Card

2012年8月，“鄞州杯”海峡两岸“易经国牌”联谊赛在宁波鄞城宾馆举行，来自大陆、台湾、香港两岸三地的68名选手共同分享了易学“智运”的乐趣。

In August 2012, “Yinzhou Cup” Cross-Straits “I-Ching Card” Friendly Competition was held in Ningbo Yinzhou Hotel. 68 players from the mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong participated in the competition and shared the fun of Yi-ology.

2015年12月，“鄞州杯”全国城市“太极牌”邀请赛在宁波举行，来自上海、杭州、舟山、洛阳、苏州和宁波的七个城市代表队参加了本次邀请赛。

In December 2015,“Yinzhou Cup” National “Tai Ji Card” Invitational Tournament was held in Ningbo, seven delegations from Shanghai, Hangzhou, Zhoushan, Luoyang, Suzhou and Ningbo participated in this time’s tournament.

汉字棋 让汉字文化弈传于世界

Chinese characters chess: let Chinese culture to spread in the world

各界人士评价

王 晖（教育部语言文字应用研究所所长助理）：“汉字棋”既合棋理，也有学理依据，它融“智，知，质”于一体，在提高全民语言文字素质方面找到了一个结合点，是对汉字传承的一大创新。

张一清（教育部语言文字应用研究所汉语教研室主任）：“汉字棋”在义务段教育是非常适合的，但还可以拓宽传播对象，老小皆宜，使之发挥更大的作用。

李　斌（浙江省教育厅语管处副处长）：“汉字棋”对推广国家通用语言文字具有积极的作用和意义，理应得到鼓励、肯定和支持。

李浙闽（宁波市体育局原局长）：发展智力运动，也需不断创新，“汉字棋”在宁波面世，这是智力运动传承中华文化之创举，可喜可贺。

张力鸣（宁波市教育局副局长、市语委办主任）：“汉字棋”达到了学与玩的结合，字与词的结合，对于学生的识字、汉语的学习和运用是一个很好的平台，应进一步加强研究促进推广。

邵孝杰（宁波市人大常委会原副主任、市关工委主任）：“汉字棋”于社会大众有益，于弘扬中华文化有功，倡导和支持“汉字棋”的推广，是一项功德无量的公益事业。

华长慧（宁波市政协原副主席、宁波诺丁汉大学党委书记）：“汉字棋”寓教于乐，找到了小学生心理成长和接受知识相结合的途径。说汉字棋的发明是汉语教学中的一个重大事件，并不为过。

夏素贞（宁波市鄞州区人民政府副区长、区语委主任）：“汉字棋”首次将汉语学习与智力运动融为一体，可谓小中见大，体现了独特的社会价值和意义。

周志锋（宁波大学人文学院原院长，宁波大学学报主编、教授）：“汉字棋”开发了弘扬汉字文化的新载体，与传统的棋类有着完全不同的文化内涵和特点，对开发学生语言文字运用能力很有帮助。

张如安（宁波大学人文学院教授，中国棋类史研究专家）：如将“汉字棋”放到棋文化角度来看，可以说是开发了一种新棋种，设计非常新颖，构思也很严密，有很好的推广前景。

Evaluation from people of all walks of life

   Wang Hui (assistant to director of Institute of Applied Linguistics of Ministry of Education): “Chinese characters chess” has both good chess theory and scientific principle basis. It combines “intelligence, knowledge and quality” together and finds a joint point between learning and improving national language accomplishment. It’s a great innovation for Chinese characters inheritance.

   Zhang Yiqing (director of Chinese teaching and research section of Institute of Applied Linguistics of Ministry of Education): “Chinese characters chess” is not only very suitable for the stage of compulsory education, and but also can involve more communication objects which can make it play a more important role.

   Li Bin (deputy director of Language Management Section of Education Department of Zhejiang Province): “Chinese characters chess” has positive effect and meaning for promoting national commonly-used language and characters, so it should be encouraged, approved and supported.

   Li Zhemin (former director general of Sports Bureau of Ningbo City): The development of intelligence also needs continuous innovation. The coming out of Chinese characters chess in Ningbo is a pioneering work for inheriting Chinese culture by developing intelligence, which shall certainly be congratulated.

Zhang Liming（former vice director general of Education Department of Ningbo City and director of Language Committee of Ningbo City）: Chinese characters chess combines learning with playing and characters with words. It’s an excellent platform for students to become literate and learn and apply Chinese language, so we should put more efforts to research and promote it.

Shao Xiaojie (former deputy director of Ningbo City Standing Committee of the NPC and director of China National Committee for the Wellbeing of the Youth): “Chinese characters chess” is beneficial for the public and carrying forward Chinese culture. Promoting and supporting the popularization of “Chinese characters chess” is a public welfare project with boundless beneficence.  

   Hua Changhui (former vice chairman of the CPPCC of Ningbo City and secretary of the Party committee of the University of Nottingham Ningbo China): “Chinese characters chess” can be taught through entertainment. It finds a way to combine pupils’ mental growth with knowledge absorption, so it’s not an exaggeration to say that the invention of Chinese characters chess is a major event in Chinese teaching.

   Xia Suzhen (deputy district head of the People’s Government of Yingzhou District of Ningbo City and director of District Language Committee): Chinese characters chess combines Chinese learning and intelligence development together for the first time, which can be called as “much in little” and embodies unique social value and meaning.

   Zhou Zhifeng (former dean of the Faculty of Humanities of Ningbo University and chief editor of the Journal of Ningbo University and professor of Ningbo University): The Chinese characters chess develops a new carrier for promoting Chinese culture. It has totally different culture connotation and characteristics from traditional chess games, and very helpful for developing students’ ability for languages and characters application.

   Zhang Ru’an (professor of the Faculty of Humanities of Ningbo University and expert for researching history of Chinese chess games): From the angle of chess culture, Chinese characters chess can be taken as a new chess type which has novel design, meticulous conception and good promoting prospect.

汉字棋简介

为弘扬汉字文化，促进汉语教学，2014年全球首套中国汉字棋在宁波面世，被有关专家誉为开创了汉语学习智力化之新形式，现向大家介绍如下:

“汉字棋”字源选自中国现代汉语常用字表，棋子为正方六面形，每面设一个汉字及拼音字母，由英文字母区别棋子等级 ，阿拉伯数字区别六个字面。

“汉字棋”一套6副，含2880个汉字。其中每副80枚棋子，对弈双方各40枚，含480个汉字。6副“汉字棋”分设初级两副、中级两副、高级两副。以适应不同年龄段的学子下字棋、学汉语。

“汉字棋”的棋盘由“米”字格线条构成，交点为棋位，共81个棋位。

“汉字棋”的游戏规则分为理棋、布棋、行棋、组词、打吃、清盘六种。对青少年学习汉语、提高汉字应用能力具有十分明显的效果。经鄞州区有关小学测验，学生是否参加汉字棋，词汇量相差一倍以上。

Introduction of “Chinese Characters Chess”

   To carry forward the culture of Chinese characters and promote Chinese teaching, the first set of Chinese Characters Chess of the world came out in Ningbo in 2014. It’s praised by related experts as opening up a new form for intellectualism of Chinese learning. The following is a brief introduction of it:  

   The characters in “Chinese characters chess” are selected from commonly used character table of modern Chinese. The shape of every chess piece is regular hexahedron, and every side has a character and phonetic letters. The level of the chess piece is graded by English letters and the six sides are distinguished by Arabic numerals.

    One set of “Chinese characters chess” is composed of 6 groups of chess which include 2880 Chinese characters in total. Every group has 80 chess pieces including 480 Chinese characters, and each side holds 40 pieces. 6 groups of chess are divided into three levels: primary, middle and senior each of which including two groups of chess to adapt to students of different age groups to learn how to play Chinese characters chess and learn Chinese.  

   The chessboard of “Chinese characters chess” is made up by lines as this figure , and the intersection is a chess piece position and there are 81 positions in total on the chessboard.

There are six rules for the game: management, layout, moving, making words, capturing and clearing. It has obvious effect on improving juvenile’s ability in Chinese learning and application. The tests conducted by some primary schools in Yinzhou District showed that the vocabulary of the students who participated in the game was over two times more than those who didn’t participate in it.

活动掠影Activity silhouette

2014年8月，“公益杯”宁波首届少儿汉字棋大赛在宁波文化广场举行，各县市区有500多名少儿报名培训参赛，经选拔后有120名少儿参加决赛。

In August 2014, “Public Welfare Cup” –The First Ningbo Children’s Chinese Characters Chess Competition was held in Ningbo Culture Plaza, which attracted over 500 children from different counties, cities and districts. 120 children played in the finals after selection.