Editing Rules of Go (section)

=== Stone scoring ===
In stone scoring, a player's score is the number of stones that player has on the board. Territory and prisoners are not counted. Play typically continues until both players have nearly filled their territories, leaving only the two eyes necessary to prevent capture. 

Stone scoring was likely the original method of Go scoring. It was described in a [[Dunhuang manuscripts|manuscript from Dunhuang]] from the [[Northern Zhou|Northern Zhou Dynasty]] (557–581), which is the oldest known Go manual.<ref name = name>{{Cite web|url = https://www.usgo-archive.org/sites/default/files/bh_library/historyofgorules.pdf|title = The History of Go Rules|author = Chen Zuyuan|year= 2011|access-date = 2024-07-29}}</ref> When Go reached Japan about 700 AD, the scoring system had been already streamlined—stone scoring had been replaced by territory scoring using the so-called ''group tax''.<ref>{{Cite web|quote = Around year 700, when the Chinese were still using territory scoring, go spread to Japan, and so the Japanese also came to play go with territory scoring. The Japanese then gradually altered the rules of the game, for example abolishing (...) the group tax.|url = https://www.nordicgodojo.eu/post/228/area-or-territory-a-brief-history-of-go-rules|author= Antti Törmänen |title = Area or territory – A brief history of go rules|year = 2020|access-date = 2024-07-29}}</ref> Stone scoring survived in some regions of China until the beginning of the 20th century.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.usgo-archive.org/sites/default/files/bh_library/historyofgorules.pdf|title = The History of Go Rules|quote = This is stones scoring. In fact this rule was in use in China until the beginning of the last century (ang.).|author = Chen Zuyuan|year= 2011|access-date = 2024-07-29}}</ref>