List of Go players
China

List of Go players

Section Title: China
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Origin	Name	DOB–DOD	Peak rank	Notes

Yi Qiu (弈秋)	circa 350 BCE	Guoshou	First recorded Wei Qi player. He was commonly known as Qiu (秋) the Wei Qi player (Yi 弈, which is the original name of Wei Qi).

Yan Wu (嚴武)	circa 200 CE - 250 CE	Qishen, 1 pin/品	Scholar name Zi Qin子卿 Son of Wu Minister Yan Jun 嚴畯. Mentioned in The Record of Wu 《吴录》：“严武字子卿，卫尉畯再从子也，围棋莫与为辈。”

Ma Lang (馬朗)	200 CE - 250 CE	Qishen, 1 pin/品	Scholar name Su Ming 綏明, same time as Yan Wu.

Wang Kang (王抗)	circa 424 CE - 483 CE	Guoshou, 1 pin/品	Member of the famous Wang clan of Lan Xie County, recorded in History of the Southern Dynasties 《南史·萧思话传》.

Fan Ning'er (范宁儿)	circa 424 CE - 483 CE	Guoshou, 1 pin/品	Member of the delegates of Northern Wei to Southern Qi, he played a Wei Qi match against Wang Kang under the order of Southern Qi's Wu Emperor Xiao Ze(齊武帝蕭賾, reign 482 CE - 493 CE), and won the match (recorded in >.

Fan Ning'er (范宁儿)	circa 424 CE - 483 CE	Guoshou, 1 pin/品	Member of the delegates of Northern Wei to Southern Qi, he played a Wei Qi match against Wang Kang under the order of Southern Qi's Wu Emperor Xiao Ze(齊武帝蕭賾, reign 482 CE - 493 CE), and won the match (recorded in >.

Emperor Wu of Liang (梁武帝萧衍)	464 CE - 549 CE	Guoshou, yi pin/逸品 (super strong 1 pin)	Emperor Wu of Southern Liang Dynasty, personal name Xiao Yan, was a member of the Xiao clan of Lang Ning and founder of the Southern Liang Dynasty.

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Yi Qiu (弈秋) was a Chinese weiqi (go) grandmaster.

final_sentence: Yi Qiu (弈秋) was a Chinese weiqi (go) grandmaster.