Contending with Heaven

"""Half a Move Above Providence!"" This mysterious book, repeatedly mentioned in In the Name of the People, serves as a key plot element. Recommended by Zhou Meisen in his preface! A newly revised edition of the fiction masterpiece by Jiao Jian, the drama's chief plot designer, now features fifty thousand additional words.

胜天半子！《人民的名义》多次提及的神秘之书，剧情重要线索。周梅森作序力荐！《人民的名义》首席策划矫健小说力作，全新修订，增加五万字新内容。

A Go-obsessed man, finding no opponents, hallucinates a match against Providence on a stormy, snowy night, setting up an exquisite game... This book collects seven representative stories by Jiao Jian: ""Contending with Heaven,"" ""Swift Horse,"" ""Lofty Man,"" ""Fate's Jest,"" ""Rare Stamp,"" ""Saint,"" and ""The Demon Gate.""

""As my decades-long friend, Jiao Jian possesses grandeur both in character and writing. 'Swift Horse' is dashing, while 'Contending with Heaven' achieves 'half a move above Providence'-truly awe-inspiring, captivating every reader. My profound impression of Contending with Heaven, one of Jiao Jian's finest works, led me to weave it into the formation of Qi Tongwei's character in In the Name of the People. Qi Tongwei admired Contending with Heaven, yet he only half understood it, sealing his inevitable downfall. This single volume teaches people to understand heaven, earth, and life itself. I sincerely urge everyone to read Contending with Heaven carefully.""

-Zhou Meisen

一个棋痴，痴迷于围棋，因无人对局，在一个风雪夜，幻觉里竟与上天摆了一副绝妙棋局......《天局》收录矫健小说代表作七篇，分别为《天局》《快马》《高人》《命运玩笑》《珍邮》《圣徒》《魔域之门》。

矫健作为我数十年的好友，无论做人行文都有大气象。《快马》潇洒，《天局》更是胜天半子，气吞山河，读到的人无不折服。我对《天局》印象很深，这是矫健好的小说之一，所以在写《人民的名义》的过程中，我把它作为祁同伟性格形成的重要线索。祁同伟喜欢读《天局》，可惜只读懂了一半，所以注定失败。一部《天局》，教人读懂天地人生。我真心推荐大家认真读一读《天局》。

--周梅森