← A ChengThe Chess Kingby A ChengNovella about obsession and self-discovery through a passion for chessFind on Amazon↗About the authorA ChengChinese writer whose Three Kings novellas — The Chess King, The Tree King, and The Child King — drew on his experience as a sent-down youth during the Cultural Revolution to explore Chinese cultural identity with Daoist subtlety.More by A ChengThree Kings→Tree of Knowledge→