围棋起源于我国。但最早的围棋,虽然以着法奥妙引起人们的兴趣,只不过是宫廷大夫及有钱人家的玩品,尽管已有胜负之分,却没有具体的等级差别。到了北宋时,随着围棋的逐渐普及和发展,一些围棋人士便想也给围棋评定等级,以此确定棋艺高低之分,但怎样定好呢?有人提出当时宋朝把国人分为九等,官员设九品制的方法, Go originated in our country. However, although the earliest Go, arousing people’s interest with the method of law, is only a gift for the court doctor and the wealthy, there is no specific grade difference despite the winner’s point. When the Northern Song Dynasty, with the gradual popularization and development of go, some goers would like to also give Go grading, in order to determine the level of chess, but how to set it? Someone suggested that the Song Dynasty divided the people into nine grades and so on. Nine products of the method,