Editing Pai gow (section)

== History ==
Although some claim that Pai Gow is the first documented form of dominoes, originating in China before or during the [[Song dynasty]].,<ref>{{cite web| url = https://china-underground.com/2017/10/24/pai-gow-chinas-lost-legacy/| title = Pai Gow, China's Lost Legacy |website=China Underground |date=October 24, 2017}}</ref> which can only apply to ''gu pai'' 骨牌, that is, [[Chinese dominoes]], the game of ''pai gow'' (Mandarin ''paijiu'') is not recorded until the late 19th century. Its earliest description is to be found in a collection of Cantonese games published in Hong Kong in 1886.<ref>Ng Kwai-shang, ''A book on Chinese games of chance''. Hong Kong: The Kwong Cheong Printers, 1886.</ref>

The name literally means "card nine", after the normal maximum hand. It is assumed that the original game was modeled after both a [[Chinese creation myth]], and military organization in China at that time (ranks one through nine), but no document supports this theory.