扑克是流行全世界的一种纸质玩具。因其玩法不同,故俗称为纸牌、万六等,称谓不一。现代扑克起源于中国古代一种名叫“叶子戏”的游戏纸牌。传说远在周朝,年幼的周成王在宫廷中与弟弟叔虞曾玩一种“削桐叶为圭”的游戏,那时尚未发明纸张,故以树叶为玩具。又有传说在秦末楚汉争斗时期,大将军韩信为了缓解士兵思乡之愁,发明了一种纸牌游戏,因为牌面只有树叶大小,所以被称为“叶 Poker is a paper toy popular around the world. Because of their different play, it is commonly known as solitaire, Wanliu, appellation. Modern poker originated in ancient China as a ”leaf play“ game card. Legends far away in the Zhou Dynasty, the young Zhou Cheng-king in the court and his younger brother, Yu had played a ”cut Pauline leaves for the Kyu“ game, then not yet found the paper, so the leaves for the toys. Legend has it that in the late Qin and Han battles during the late Qin Dynasty, general Han Xin invented a solitaire game in order to ease the homesickness of soldiers. Because the card has only leaf sizes, it is called the ”leaf"