How to Play Mahjong

There are various schools of Mahjong, and each school can be subdivided. For example, although Chengdu Mahjong and Chongqing Mahjong belong to the same school, there are still slight differences in playing styles; Guangzhou Mahjong and Hong Kong Mahjong are also different; while Wenzhou Mahjong and Ningbo Mahjong are far different. This book focuses on the strategic issues of Mahjong. As for the tactical issues, we will leave them for in-depth study later. It is often said in military books that strategically, all enemies must be despised, and tactically, all enemies must be taken seriously. For mahjong, whether it is strategy or tactics, we must pay attention to all enemies. This is the difference between mahjong and the military. A person who is usually good at pretending will reveal his true colors as soon as he gets on the mahjong table, including crazy, calm, happy and sad, cunning, insidious, gloating, and so on. Military strategists say that only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be victorious in every battle. This is similar to playing mahjong. The protagonist of this book, Zhang Tiansi, has understood the true meaning of mahjong, so he is able to turn danger into danger... This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.