Leisure Sports in Ancient China and the Attitude of the Society——Research on Chupu in Six Dynasties

As an ancient chess play,Chupu is an important representative leisure sports in ancient China.Chupu gained a great development in Six Dynasties,and acted as an important means of gambling for being involved with money,with the characteristics as follows:spreading throughout all sectors of society;with various bet and large amount;with random locations and complex purposes,and so on.Chupu acted to some extent as a part of an important means of obtaining money,what's worse,there were some people who fell into disuse because of addiction to Chupu,which was condemned by wise rulers and orthodox scholars.Chupu become a synonym for being with little learning,bad behavior or even not to attend to one's proper duties.