Dunhuang Go Manual

[4] The end of the manuscript is intact, and gives the title of the text as Qi Jing (碁經) "Classic of Go", and notes that it is complete in one scroll.

[6] At the end of the manuscript is a single line of Tibetan reading བན་དེ་སྦ་འྀ་འདྲིས་འོ༎ ban de sba'i 'dris 'o, which has been interpreted as meaning "Written by the monk Ba".

The number and title of the first section is missing, but it discusses general principles of attack and defence,[9] suggesting that the player emulate famous military strategists such as Chen Ping and Zhuge Liang.

Cheng Enyuan notes that this section is very hard to understand as it uses some obscure technical terms and mentions some obsolete practices that are not found in modern Go.

[16] The seventh section (部袠篇弟七) discusses the classification of Go diagrams into four categories: famous games; cunning techniques; Ko fights and seki; and life and death shapes.

[19] The "Go Faults" part discusses three bad faults of Go-playing (sticking too close to the edge and corners; clumsily responding to an opponent's moves; and allowing groups to be cut off from each other) and two careless types of play (playing a stone hurriedly and without thought; and trying to save a dead group), as well as two ways of staying alive (moving out to the centre; and connecting in all directions) and two good habits (not being greedy in a weak position; and not being timid in a strong position).

[20] Appended after this is a short text (16 lines) entitled Essential Commentary on Go (Chinese: 碁評要略; pinyin: qípíng yàolüè), ascribed to Emperor Wu of Liang, which gives some general strategic advice on playing the game.