Dice, blocks and tiles Looking for the origins of Chinese gambling, The Encyclopedia of Chinese Folk Art follows the main stream of dice and the tributaries of poem blocks and card games. Legend has it that Tsao Chih invented dice during the Three Kingdoms era.
《中國民間美術全集》裡追溯中國博戲的源流，認為主要是由一大主流﹘﹘骰子，和兩大支流﹘﹘詩牌和葉子戲共同複雜嬗變而成的。