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suddenly wanna talk about mahjong.

most of my friends like to play mahjong, no matter in pc or in real game.
i forgot how they introduced into this game but i think i am one of the factor.
if you did not treat mahjong as a gambling game, then it is a nice game.

mahjong consists of 4 difference "flower" or known as “门” in mandarin . there are “筒子，索子，万子，字” i am not sure about how this mahjong game been created ，but i ever read a nice story about it. In mahjong, there was “白板” it represent poor “一穷二白” , if you wanna “发财”，you have to go through “东南西北中” (five direction) represent every where and work hard for it, in other way, no free lunch under the sun. from “一筒” you can see it as RM1 to “九筒”， then the “十筒”is equal to “一索” because people tied ten 铜币 in with a thread. then “十索” is equal to “一万” if you collect until “十万” then you are consider rich. in the other hands, if you wanna become rich, work hard, you will make it one day.
below is some story on how mahjong come from:
麻将本名应是「抹将」，抹的是水浒传的108个好汉。相传元末明初有个名叫万秉迢的人，
非常推崇施耐庵笔下的梁山好汉，欲将水浒传的故事让达官贵人也知水浒故事，进而爱民护
民遂发明麻将，将水浒英雄融入这个游戏中。

麻将以108张为基数，分别隐喻108条好汉。如牌中九条喻为「九条龙」史进，二条喻为
「双鞭」呼延灼，一饼喻为「黑旋风」李逵。之所以分为万、饼、条三类，是取其本人姓名
的谐音。每类从一到九各有四张牌，刚好108张。108条又是从四面八方汇聚梁山，所以加
上东、西、南、北、中午个方为各掭四张牌计20张。这些好汉有富贵贫穷各阶层，所以再加
上「发」、「白」隐喻富有及穷白，加上八张牌，整副牌共计136张。

后来又加上各种花牌，整副牌共计144张。另有一种民间趣话，打麻将用四方桌既是东西南
北四个方位，也是指春夏秋冬四季，每人十三张牌，因为一季有十三个星期。四季合五十二
周，共三百六十四天，加上赢了时的那一张，代表一年最后一天共三百六十五天，恰好一
年。这也是另一种趣话。