This chapter opens with a conversation between Qingjiu and San-yang. He asks if his move is correct, and he replies that it is. He tells him that his friends are playing chess all the time, and that he has to leave because they are so boring. He also tells him about his pet, who is not a pet, but rather a friend. He says that he still has many things to teach him, and asks if he has nowhere to go. He replies that he does not have any friends interested in music or chess, since he has messed up the pieces. He then asks if she is magnanimous, and she replies