Chu Wensheng, whose courtesy name was Fuchen, was born in troubled times and had a lot of misfortunes. When he was young, he used his chess skills to impress the capital, but because of a palace gambling game, he entered the whirlpool of power. It was rumored between the government and the public that the emperor used Chu Wensheng as a bet, and wanted to decide the ownership of the country in a life-and-death chess game. Chu Wensheng had no intention of pursuing an official career, but only wanted the happiness of the common people. However, the blood debt of his family had not been repaid, so he vowed to use his wits to fight against the powerful and traitors. On the gambling game and outside the chessboard, he and his old enemy, the cold-faced prime minister, tested each other, both for life and death, and for moral conscience. This game is not recorded in the history books, only the lone figure among the broken walls and ruins tells the secret legend of a chess player who risked his life to shake the world. This book uses a biography to outline Chu Wensheng's struggle between power, faith and emotion, revealing the light and darkness of human nature in the game of fate.
