佛祖歷代通載 16.25

16.25

（十四　己未）　製象碁（昔神農以日月星辰為象。唐相國牛僧孺用車馬將士卒加砲代之為機矣）。

(14. Jiwei) Xiangqi (Chinese chess) was devised. (In ancient times Shennong used the sun, moon, and stars for chess pieces; Tang Prime Minister Niu Sengru used chariots, horses, generals, soldiers, and pawns, adding cannons to replace them as the mechanism).