◇ Just read — no move neededThe quiet horse start
起马局 — the horse start — develops a horse before anything else: 马二进三. It fights for the river mouth early (争先活通大子), commits to no plan, and dares Black to show his. The two classical answers: the 7-pawn push (挺卒), disputing the horse's road to the river mouth, or a pawn-base cannon, striking under Red's future centre.