The following article was written by Alan Kwan and originally distributed online as a plain-text document during the early years of internet mahjong communities. It is reproduced here for archival and educational purposes. Long…

This article is reproduced for archival purposes as part of the broader historical record surrounding Alan Kwan’s mahjong writing and the development context of Zung Jung Mahjong. The article discusses Japanese Classical and Modern…

Before the creation of the World Series of Mahjong and during the development of the Zung Jung Mahjong Scoring System, Alan Kwan spent years examining mahjong through the lens of mathematics. The following collection…

The following teaching aid cards were created in 2001 to assist new players in learning the Zung Jung Mahjong Scoring System. Designed as a companion to the contemporary Zung Jung v2.4 rules document, these…

The following document is an early version of the Zung Jung Mahjong Scoring System, originally published by Alan Kwan and preserved here for historical and educational purposes. While modern players are most familiar with…

This article examines the historical origins of the Big Four Winds and Small Four Winds patterns. Drawing on early Chinese mahjong sources, Kwan argues that the original “Four Winds” pattern reflected a very different…

The following article was written by Alan Kwan in 2000 as an introduction to one of the most fundamental concepts in Chinese mahjong: the Regular Hand. While experienced players often take the structure of…

This article was written by Alan Kwan explaining the design rationale behind the Zung Jung scoring system. Because several older Zung Jung resources are now difficult to access outside archived webpages, this republication preserves…