History of
Mahjong Solitaire
TaiwanTiles is essentially a computerized version of a solitaire-style game played with Mahjong (麻將) tiles instead of playing cards.
According to Wikipedia:
TaiwanTiles is essentially a computerized version of a solitaire-style game played with Mahjong (麻將) tiles instead of playing cards.
According to Wikipedia:
One
of the myths of the origin of Mahjong suggests that
Confucius, the great Chinese philosopher, had
developed the game in about 500 BC. This assertion
is likely to be apocryphal.
According to this myth, the appearance of the game in the various Chinese states coincided with Confucius' travels at the time he was teaching his new doctrines. The three Dragon tiles also agree with the three virtues bequeathed by Confucius.
Zhōng (中 , lit. middle) the Red, Fā (發 , lit. prosperity) the Green, Bái (白 , lit. white) the White represent Benevolence, Sincerity, and Filial piety respectively, again under this myth. In fact, the "middle" is likely a reference to 中國 (zhōngguó) — China's name in Chinese.
...However, there is no evidence of Mahjong's existence before the Taiping era in the 19th century, which eliminates Confucius as a likely inventor.
The general consensus is that the game was developed from existing Chinese card and domino games sometime around 1850.*
According to this myth, the appearance of the game in the various Chinese states coincided with Confucius' travels at the time he was teaching his new doctrines. The three Dragon tiles also agree with the three virtues bequeathed by Confucius.
Zhōng (中 , lit. middle) the Red, Fā (發 , lit. prosperity) the Green, Bái (白 , lit. white) the White represent Benevolence, Sincerity, and Filial piety respectively, again under this myth. In fact, the "middle" is likely a reference to 中國 (zhōngguó) — China's name in Chinese.
...However, there is no evidence of Mahjong's existence before the Taiping era in the 19th century, which eliminates Confucius as a likely inventor.
The general consensus is that the game was developed from existing Chinese card and domino games sometime around 1850.*
The
first computerized version of the Solitaire version
of the game was created in 1981.**
*
Wikipedia
contributors, "Mahjong," Wikipedia,
The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mahjong&oldid=171825031
(accessed
November 28, 2007).
**Wikipedia contributors, "Mahjong solitaire," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mahjong_solitaire&oldid=170594231 (accessed November 28, 2007).
**Wikipedia contributors, "Mahjong solitaire," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mahjong_solitaire&oldid=170594231 (accessed November 28, 2007).