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Re: Chinese chess cards

The second Turfan card is the 80 Myriad and depicts a character from the Water Margin , a novel from the early 16th century that's part of a longer story cycle. This cycle, however, is very loosely based on an actual rebellion that happened in the twelfth century . That renders any eleventh century ...

Re: Chinese chess cards

Turfan card, estimated to be from c1100, alternatively from c1400 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Ming_Dynasty_playing_card%2C_c._1400.jpg/160px-Ming_Dynasty_playing_card%2C_c._1400.jpg Depaulis alerted Ross about the history behind this card . I agree with Depaulis that t...

Re: Rubaiyat-e-Ganjifa

The Rubaiyat-e-Ganjifa may have been translated before but I'm not sure where I can find it. From what I can recall, there are no rules mentioned. It's simply a long poem describing each card which is exactly like the Mughal Ganjifa but the two coin suits have swapped groups. In Iran, white coins we...

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