Hanoi residents enjoy board games outside this temple, which stands on a small island in Hoan Kiem Lake in the center of the city. The players and onlooker had already arranged themselves into a triangular relationship. I recognized its value as expression – the man on top, the only one facing the camera, may be on the outside, yet for us, he is the person we most identify with. Seated at the apex of the triangle, he becomes a symbolic referee, the judge, and the jury.