The qi (棋) was defined as the board game now called weiqi (圍棋) in Chinese ("Go" in Japan and the West), literally meaning "surrounding game". Current definitions of "qi" cover a wide range of board games, and given that in classical Chinese qí could also refer to other games, some argue that the qí in the four arts could refer to xiangqi. However, xiangqi is often considered a popular "game of the people," whereas weiqi was a game with aristocratic connotations.