The Mingren () is a Go competition in China organized by the Chinese Weiqi Association. The word míngrén means "brilliant man". The Mingren is equivalent to the Nihon-Kiin's Meijin and the Hanguk Kiwon's Myungin titles.
Outline The Mingren is sponsored by the Zhongguo Qiyuan and the People's Daily. It consists of a preliminary tournament in which 32 players compete against one another to determine the challenger to the previous year's winner. The preliminary is a single-elimination format, and the title match is decided in a best-of-three. Prior to 2016, the final of the preliminary tournament was decided in a best-of-three, and the title match was decided in a best-of-five.
The winner's purse is ¥400,000 and the runner-up's is ¥200,000, as of 2025. This was increased in 2023 from the previous edition (2019), where the prize money was ¥300,000 and ¥100,000.
Past Winners and runners-up No. Year Winner Score Runner-up1 1988 Liu Xiaoguang 3–1 Yu Bin2 1989 Ma Xiaochun 3–0 Liu Xiaoguang3 1990 3–2 Yu Bin4 1991 3–2 Nie Weiping5 1992 3–1 Zhang Wendong6 1993 3–0 Cao Dayuan7 1994 3–2 Luo Xihe8 1995 3–0 Liu Xiaoguang9 1996 3–2 Liu Xiaoguang10 1997 3–1 Luo Xihe11 1998 3–2 Liu Xiaoguang12 1999 3–0 Chang Hao13 2000 3–2 Shao Weigang14 2001 3–2 Chang Hao15 2002 Zhou Heyang 3–1 Ma Xiaochun16 2003 Qiu Jun 3–2 Zhou Heyang17 2004 Gu Li 3–0 Qiu Jun18 2005 3–0 Yu Bin19 2006 3–0 Zhou Ruiyang20 2007 3–0 Ding Wei21 2008 3–2 Piao Wenyao22 2009 3–1 Gu Lingyi23 2010 Jiang Weijie 3–2 Gu Li24 2011 3–2 Kong Jie25 2012 Tan Xiao 3–0 Jiang Weijie26 2013 Chen Yaoye 3–1 Tan Xiao27 2014 3–1 Lian Xiao28 2015 Lian Xiao 3–0 Chen Yaoye29 2016 2–1 Zhou Ruiyang30 2017 2–1 Mi Yuting31 2018 Mi Yuting 2–1 Lian Xiao32 2019 2–1 Xu Jiayang33 2023 2–1 Ke Jie34 2024–25 2–0 Tu Xiaoyu
See also Meijin Myungin
References