wei qi, Zen

Beijing interpreted it in wei qi terms：

wei qi

(also wei ch'i)

Pronunciation /wā CHē/ /weɪ tʃi/ 

NOUN

• A traditional Chinese board game of territorial possession and capture.

  ‘Originally a Chinese game, wei ch'i (its Chinese name) or ‘go’ (its Japanese name) is said to be the oldest surviving board game in the world.’

Origin

Chinese, from wei ‘surround’ + ch'i ‘chess’.

Zen

(also Zen Buddhism)

NOUN

mass noun

• A Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism emphasizing the value of meditation and intuition rather than ritual worship or study of scriptures.

Zen Buddhism was introduced to Japan from China in the 12th century, and has had a profound cultural influence. The aim of Zen is to achieve sudden enlightenment (satori) through meditation in a seated posture (zazen), usually under the guidance of a teacher and often using paradoxical statements (koans) to transcend rational thought

Origin

Japanese, literally ‘meditation’, from Chinese chán ‘quietude’, from Sanskrit dhyāna ‘meditation’.