We think it is helpful and are going to post from time to time Game No.1 to Game No.35 of the Xiangqi classic work, today we re-publish the Preface of Lai's translation. 自出洞来无敌手 ("Victories All The Way") First of all, a bit of history. In the ancient hand copied versions, some mentioned Chunyang Daoren as the name of the author, while other(s) mentioned the name as Qi Daoren. Preface This is my fourth book, two of them are translations. "Victories All The Way" is a book unlike the others. Its existence can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty (1364-1644). For this book to have survived all these centuries is really a miracle, as many of its contemporaries have perished in the mist of time, due to wars, natural calamities, etc. Even during the Ming Dynasty, the book was already classified as rare, with only limited copies printed occasionally. When circumstances allowed, people copied the book by hand, laboriously and painstakingly, to say the least, and thanks to ...