Gongjin's Campaign Memorials
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Gongjin's Campaign Memorials

Cock fighting, or cockfight (鬥雞 dòujī) is a popular game during the Three Kingdom Period.

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It started in the Xia Dynasty four thousand years ago. By the Three Kingdoms' period it had become a fashion. The well-known writer Cao Zhi described vividly how ranking officials indulged themselves in cockfighting in his book "Cockfight", from which one can see a fascinating picture of society at that time.

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