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Chinese Sword And Famous Goujian Sword
Chinese swords can be roughly divided into two types, the Jian - a straight bladed sword used for cutting and thrusting. And the Dao, a single handed saber like dedicated cutting blade - both of which were highly developed by the 2nd century AD.
Parts of a Jian
Parts of a Dao
One of The Most Famous Swords — King Goujian Sword
The spring and autumn period, Wu kingdom defeated Yue kingdom. King Goujian of Yue was humiliated in the Wu kingdom. He slept on brushwood and tasted gall and finally made the trust of the king of the Wu kingdom. He was put back to the Yue kingdom. On the one hand, King Goujian of Yue selected peerless beauty- Xi Shi to the king of the Wu kingdom to captivate him. On the other hand, he tried to make the kingdom rich and its military force efficient secretly casting sophisticated weapons. He specially selected the best craftsman Qin Zheng to caste. Qin Zheng and his son Gang Zheng spent forty-nine days forging a pair of male and female swords. Qin Zheng engraved "The sword belongs to King Goujian of Yue" and then said to his son "I will present the female sword to the king of Yue kingdom tomorrow morning. I am afraid that I can not come back. You take the male sword to go to Chu kingdom as soon as possible." They cried to say goodbye.
Qin Zheng presented the sword to King Goujian of Yue the next day.The sword would cut clean through iron as though it were mud. In order to prevent Qin Zheng from making a sword as well as it, Goujian killed him and wanted to arrest Gang Zheng. Gang Zheng was very cautious, and he buried the male sword in the mountain and then disguised as a fisherman. He fled to Chu kingdom and taught the local people the smelting craft, making the level of smelting of Chu kingdom improves rapidly. Later, Chu kingdom attacked Yue kingdom. The capital of Yue kingdom was occupied soonly. When knowing that, Ging Goujian of Yue used the female sword to commit suicide and died. The king of Chu kingdom got the sword and gave it to a distinguished minister as areward. Later, the minister died, and the sword became his sacrificial objects.
Now, no one know where the male sword is. But, the female sword which is used by King Goujian of Yue has been excavated from a tomb of Chu kingdom. It is a world famous precious cultural heritage.
Parts of a Jian
Parts of a Dao
One of The Most Famous Swords — King Goujian Sword
The spring and autumn period, Wu kingdom defeated Yue kingdom. King Goujian of Yue was humiliated in the Wu kingdom. He slept on brushwood and tasted gall and finally made the trust of the king of the Wu kingdom. He was put back to the Yue kingdom. On the one hand, King Goujian of Yue selected peerless beauty- Xi Shi to the king of the Wu kingdom to captivate him. On the other hand, he tried to make the kingdom rich and its military force efficient secretly casting sophisticated weapons. He specially selected the best craftsman Qin Zheng to caste. Qin Zheng and his son Gang Zheng spent forty-nine days forging a pair of male and female swords. Qin Zheng engraved "The sword belongs to King Goujian of Yue" and then said to his son "I will present the female sword to the king of Yue kingdom tomorrow morning. I am afraid that I can not come back. You take the male sword to go to Chu kingdom as soon as possible." They cried to say goodbye.
Qin Zheng presented the sword to King Goujian of Yue the next day.The sword would cut clean through iron as though it were mud. In order to prevent Qin Zheng from making a sword as well as it, Goujian killed him and wanted to arrest Gang Zheng. Gang Zheng was very cautious, and he buried the male sword in the mountain and then disguised as a fisherman. He fled to Chu kingdom and taught the local people the smelting craft, making the level of smelting of Chu kingdom improves rapidly. Later, Chu kingdom attacked Yue kingdom. The capital of Yue kingdom was occupied soonly. When knowing that, Ging Goujian of Yue used the female sword to commit suicide and died. The king of Chu kingdom got the sword and gave it to a distinguished minister as areward. Later, the minister died, and the sword became his sacrificial objects.
Now, no one know where the male sword is. But, the female sword which is used by King Goujian of Yue has been excavated from a tomb of Chu kingdom. It is a world famous precious cultural heritage.
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