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Ing Chang-ki (simplified Chinese: 应昌期; traditional Chinese: 應昌期; pinyin: Yìng Chāngqí; 23 October 1917 – 27 August 1997) was a Taiwanese banker, industrialist, and promoter of Go. Born in Cixi County, Zhejiang, he worked in banking in Shanghai and later in Taiwan, where he served at the Bank of Taiwan before entering business in the 1960s. In Go, he founded the Ing Chang-ki Weichi Educational Foundation, promoted the Ing rules, and established the Ing Cup, one of the major international professional Go tournaments.
He encouraged the use of the spelling "Goe" in English-language contexts in an attempt to distinguish the game from the English verb "go". He was also associated with the promotion of digital game clocks for Go, including devices designed to support byoyomi and per-move time controls.
Ing was born on 23 October 1917 in Cicheng, then in Cixi County, Zhejiang. Around 1932, because of family poverty, he left Cihu Commercial School and went to Shanghai, where he became an apprentice at Tongyuan Bank and began his banking career.
He later worked for the Fujian Provincial Bank. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, he moved with the bank through several wartime locations, including Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou, and Chongqing. After the war, he moved to Taiwan and worked for the Bank of Taiwan for about eighteen years. In 1985, the Taiwanese magazine CommonWealth reported that Ing had become deputy general manager and acting general manager of the Bank of Taiwan at the age of 34, while also serving as manager of its foreign and business departments.
In the early 1960s, Ing resigned from banking and entered business. Reports have associated him with the founding, co-founding, takeover, or management of several companies, including Huaxia Plastics, Reward Wool, Cathay Chemical Works, Yihua Food, Guohua Marine Enterprise, International Bills Finance Corporation, and INKO in the United States. CommonWealth reported that his post-bank business interests included Cathay Chemical Works, Reward Wool, and Yihua Food. The annual report of International Bills Finance Corporation states that its first board of directors elected Ing as chairman on 8 December 1976, and that the company formally opened on 15 January 1977.
Ing was also active in Go promotion. In 1983, he formally established the Ing Chang-ki Weichi Educational Foundation, and in 1984 he organized the first World Youth Go Championship. A registration notice from Taiwan's Judicial Yuan states that the foundation's purposes included promoting Go education, improving playing standards, strengthening international Go exchange, and promoting point-counting Go rules. In 1988, he founded the Ing Cup, with a champion's prize of US$400,000.
On 23 October 1996, the Shanghai Ing Chang-ki Weichi Educational Foundation was established with a donation of RMB 160 million from Ing, and construction of the Shanghai Ing Chang-ki Weiqi School also began. Ing died in Taipei on 27 August 1997.
Ing was a long-time Go enthusiast and studied Go rules, equipment, and timing systems. He developed and promoted a point-counting system for Go, later known as the Ing rules. In 1985, CommonWealth reported that he had designed standard Go equipment and electronic clocks for the promotion of the game.
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Ing Chang-ki
Ing Chang-ki (simplified Chinese: 应昌期; traditional Chinese: 應昌期; pinyin: Yìng Chāngqí; 23 October 1917 – 27 August 1997) was a Taiwanese banker, industrialist, and promoter of Go. Born in Cixi County, Zhejiang, he worked in banking in Shanghai and later in Taiwan, where he served at the Bank of Taiwan before entering business in the 1960s. In Go, he founded the Ing Chang-ki Weichi Educational Foundation, promoted the Ing rules, and established the Ing Cup, one of the major international professional Go tournaments.
He encouraged the use of the spelling "Goe" in English-language contexts in an attempt to distinguish the game from the English verb "go". He was also associated with the promotion of digital game clocks for Go, including devices designed to support byoyomi and per-move time controls.
Ing was born on 23 October 1917 in Cicheng, then in Cixi County, Zhejiang. Around 1932, because of family poverty, he left Cihu Commercial School and went to Shanghai, where he became an apprentice at Tongyuan Bank and began his banking career.
He later worked for the Fujian Provincial Bank. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, he moved with the bank through several wartime locations, including Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou, and Chongqing. After the war, he moved to Taiwan and worked for the Bank of Taiwan for about eighteen years. In 1985, the Taiwanese magazine CommonWealth reported that Ing had become deputy general manager and acting general manager of the Bank of Taiwan at the age of 34, while also serving as manager of its foreign and business departments.
In the early 1960s, Ing resigned from banking and entered business. Reports have associated him with the founding, co-founding, takeover, or management of several companies, including Huaxia Plastics, Reward Wool, Cathay Chemical Works, Yihua Food, Guohua Marine Enterprise, International Bills Finance Corporation, and INKO in the United States. CommonWealth reported that his post-bank business interests included Cathay Chemical Works, Reward Wool, and Yihua Food. The annual report of International Bills Finance Corporation states that its first board of directors elected Ing as chairman on 8 December 1976, and that the company formally opened on 15 January 1977.
Ing was also active in Go promotion. In 1983, he formally established the Ing Chang-ki Weichi Educational Foundation, and in 1984 he organized the first World Youth Go Championship. A registration notice from Taiwan's Judicial Yuan states that the foundation's purposes included promoting Go education, improving playing standards, strengthening international Go exchange, and promoting point-counting Go rules. In 1988, he founded the Ing Cup, with a champion's prize of US$400,000.
On 23 October 1996, the Shanghai Ing Chang-ki Weichi Educational Foundation was established with a donation of RMB 160 million from Ing, and construction of the Shanghai Ing Chang-ki Weiqi School also began. Ing died in Taipei on 27 August 1997.
Ing was a long-time Go enthusiast and studied Go rules, equipment, and timing systems. He developed and promoted a point-counting system for Go, later known as the Ing rules. In 1985, CommonWealth reported that he had designed standard Go equipment and electronic clocks for the promotion of the game.