Beautifully translated into English.
A story of intrigue, set in the fabulously interesting time of the Ming dynasty, China. It was a time when tradition held that women did not play chess. At that time, Jin Xiaomei, a young girl of seventeen had grown up in the Plum Valley Chess Club where she was forbidden to play by her father, the master of the club. Jin Xiaomei had other ideas.
Follow her as she dresses up as a man and plays in other clubs to gain knowledge and experience. She enters the emperor’s chess competition to determine the Grand Master of the dynasty.
But there is another story. What is the secret under the mahogany tree? Who are the people who are out to destroy Jin Xiaomei and the Plum Valley Chess Club? And what of Prince Zhu? Will Jin Xiaomei resist his advances so she can pursue the one she loves? Will Jin Xiaomei endeavours lead to the emergence of legend or tragedy?
This story is loosely based on history, and many of the events portrayed are accurate.
Tabla de materias
Chapter One
The Grand Master, Wang Siyi
1
Chapter Two
Leaving the Plum Valley
for the sake of a beautiful woman
11
Chapter Three
Marriage
25
Chapter Four
Jin Xiaomei
33
Chapter Five
The opening
51
Chapter Six
The Master of Plum Valley
Chess Club
55
Chapter Seven
Jin Xiaomei learns
67
Chapter Eight
Happiness Chess Club
75
Chapter Nine
The first chess game
85
Chapter Ten
The loss of the first volume of the
Secret under the Mahogany tree
95
Chapter Eleven
One of the four young masters in the
capital
103
Chapter Twelve
The Prince becomes enamoured!
107
Chapter Thirteen
The second game
119
Chapter Fourteen
Huge waves in Jiang Hu
125
Chapter Fifteen
Chaos in the Plum Valley
Chess club
155
Chapter Sixteen
The meeting in the
Confucian temple
179
Chapter Seventeen
Blood and wind in Jiang Hu
187
Chapter Eighteen
The third game
195
Chapter Nineteen
A boat ride
207
Chapter Twenty
Wang Jing, weak, like his father
211
Chapter Twenty-One
The Contest
217
Chapter Twenty-Two
The final game in Plum Valley
231
Epilogue
241
Appendix
Sobre el autor
Feng Ping was born in Shanxi province, China. She gained her Ph.D. at the University of Warsaw, where she studied International Relations with a focus on China’s foreign policy towards Central Eastern European countries. She plays chess, enjoys classical music, and reads widely. This is Feng Ping’s fourth book. Her book Four legendary woman of ancient China is also published by Heartspace Publications.
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