Zhao Tong's dagger is Moye, a famous sword in the Spring and Autumn Period.
Among the famous swords in the world, those of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were probably the best.
Among the famous swords of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, most of them were made by Ou Yezi, Gan Jiang, and Feng Huzi.
Chunjun, Ganjiang, Moxie, Zhanlu, Juque, Shengxie, Yuzang, Tai'a, Gongbu, Qixing Longyuan.
Among them, Juque, Chengying, Chunjun, Yuzang, Tai'a, Zhanlu, Longyuan, and Gongbu are collectively called the "Eight Famous Swords of the Wild".
Together with Zhanlu, Chunjun, Shengxie, and Yuzang, they are also called the "Five Swords of Yue".
Yuzang, also known as fish intestine, is a very short sword, or dagger.
Zhanlu Sword, Juque Sword, Chunjun Sword, Shengxie Sword, and Yuzang Sword. These five swords came from Ou Yezi. Among the swords forged by Ou Yezi alone, Zhanlu Sword was the first.
Tai'a, Gongbu, and Qixing Longyuan were jointly cast by Ou Yezi and Ganjiang, and Ganjiang was the main caster.
Qixing Longyuan is the Longquan Sword.
It is said that Ou Yezi and General Qian made this sword by cutting open Mount Ci, releasing the mountain streams, and leading them to seven pools surrounded by the Big Dipper next to the sword-making furnace, which are called "Seven Stars".
After the sword is completed, looking down at the sword body is like climbing a mountain and looking down into the abyss. It is ethereal and deep, as if there is a giant dragon lying on the ground, which is called "Dragon Abyss". Therefore, the sword is named "Seven Stars Dragon Abyss", referred to as "Dragon Abyss Sword".
In the Tang Dynasty, to avoid the taboo of the great ancestor Li Yuan, Longyuan Sword changed "Yuan" to "Quan", and called it "Seven Star Longquan", or Longquan Sword for short.
"Book of Jin, Volume 36, Biography of Zhang Hua", the book of the Western Jin Dynasty ordered Zhang Hua to be proficient in astronomy. When observing the sky at night, he saw a line of purple energy appearing between the constellations of Dou and Ox in the twenty-eight constellations.
He speculated that this purple energy was caused by the reflection of treasures in the world, so he asked Lei Huan, a native of Yuzhang, to study together.
Lei Huan observed the celestial phenomena carefully and agreed with Zhang Hua's view, and pointed out that this was caused by the sword's energy. The location of the sword should be in the Fengcheng area of Yuzhang County.
Zhang Hua appointed Lei Huan as the magistrate of Fengcheng County and secretly searched for the sword. After Lei Huan took office, after some investigation, he determined that the sword was buried underground in the county jail. After digging for more than four feet, the diggers found a jade sword. A purple light shrouded the outside of the jade box.
Lei Huan asked the digger to take up the jade box and open it. There were two swords in the box, namely Long Yuan and Tai'a.
In the preface of Wang Bo's "Tengwang Pavilion", there are all kinds of treasures and the dragon's light shines on the bullfighting ruins, which is this allusion.
There are three ways to describe the relationship between Ou Yezi and Gan Jiang: master and apprentice, senior brother, and Weng's son-in-law. One theory is that Moxie is the daughter of Ou Yezi, and she will marry Gan Jiang as his wife.
There are two versions of the male and female swords of Gan Jiang Moye.
It was said that the King of Chu ordered Ganjiang to forge a sword, and it took three years to complete it. The swords were divided into male and female. Before the Ganjiang went to give the sword to the King of Chu, he told Mo Xie that the King of Chu would definitely find it distasteful that it took too long to make the sword, so he would kill him.
Later, Gan Jiang hid the male sword in the mountain and went there with only the female sword. As expected, he was sentenced to death by the King of Chu. Later, when Gan Jiang's son grew up, he learned the truth from his mother Mo Xie. He went up the mountain to find the male sword that Gan Jiang had hidden and killed him with the male sword. To avenge the king of Chu, this is the legend of Meijianchi.
Another theory is that Qianjie forged swords for King Wu.
In order to refine a sword that would satisfy the King of Wu, Ganjiang specially selected some rare treasures, which were said to be the iron essence of the five mountains and the gold and silver of the Liuhe.
But these treasures had been smelted for a long time without any change, which made him very impatient, because if they could not make the sword, the couple would definitely die.
Mo Xie said at this time that the master once said that all precious materials for making swords must be sacrificed by human beings before they can be melted, and only in this way can a good sword be successfully forged.
She cut off her hair and other things and threw them into the furnace, and then asked her disciples to burn the charcoal fire with all their strength. At this time, she jumped into the furnace and sacrificed her body to the sword.
Those treasures that could not be melted began to melt slowly, and soon turned into liquid. The generals cast them into two swords with tears in their eyes.
The two swords came out in sequence, the one that came out first was the Yang Sword, named Ganjiang, and the one that came out later was the Yin Sword, named Moye.
The general put the yang sword away and handed over the yin sword. Although Moye was a yin sword, it was extremely sharp. The king of Wu tested the sword with a solid stone, and the sword fell apart. The king of Wu was overjoyed and rewarded the ganjiang with a lot of money.
However, according to various historical materials handed down, the first one should be just a legend, while the second one is closer to reality.
The most famous swords in the world came from the Spring and Autumn Period, and the famous swords of the Spring and Autumn Period were Chunjun, Ganjiang, Moxie, Zhanlu, Juque, Shengxie, Yuzang, Tai'a, Gongbu, and Qixing Longyuan.
The two swords of General Moye are the best among the best. If you want to find someone who can surpass these two swords, you probably have to push further.
Although there were some swords in later generations that were as sharp as clay, some of the sword-making materials were exhausted during the Warring States Period. Therefore, even if the swords of later generations were sharp enough, they would not be better than the swords cast in the Spring and Autumn Period.
These famous swords followed the flow of history, like the brilliant stars, which once illuminated them for a while. Later, dynasties changed and time turned, and gradually disappeared.
After the founding of the Song Dynasty, famous swords only appeared in the Renzong Dynasty, namely Zhanlu and Jique. However, these two swords did not appear in the world for a long time. After only more than ten years, they disappeared like a yellow crane and there is no news about them.
Zhao Tong's Moxie Sword was obtained from Emperor Taizong's arsenal.
It is the most precious thing in Emperor Taizong's arsenal.
Even Wang Yanzhang's armor and weapons, and Li Cunxiao's fists, feet, spears and clubs, were not as good as this sword.
There is actually another story about the origin of this sword.
In the third year of Taizong's accession to the throne, which was the third year of Taiping and Xingguo, King Qian Chu of Wuyue and Pinghai Jiedushi Chen Hongjin entered the court successively and arrived in Tokyo.
Chen Hongjin was originally a military envoy under Li Yu, the later lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and controlled the Zhangzhou and Quanzhou states. After the Southern Tang Dynasty was pacified, he was very uneasy. When he entered the court, he dedicated the territory of Zhangzhou and Quanzhou to Song Taizong. Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty awarded him a high-ranking official residence.
Qian Chu was very anxious when he saw Chen Hongjin's offer of territory. At this time, Wuyue was a vassal state of the Song Dynasty and had not yet been incorporated into the Song Dynasty. In order to protect himself, he submitted a seal and wanted to depose the king of Wuyue. He was willing to take off his armor and return to the fields, and enjoy a long life, but Taizong did not allow it.
Qian Chu was so anxious that he couldn't help it, so his subordinates said: "The imperial court's will is self-evident. If the king does not accept the land, great disaster will come!"
Qian Chu thought about it for a long time, and finally had no choice but to offer the land of the thirteen states of Wu and Yue to the Song Dynasty.
Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty greatly praised Qian Chu, and then issued a decree to make Qian Chu the King of Huaihai under the control of Huainan Jiedushi, and all Qian Chu's descendants were granted official positions.
From then on, Qian Liu took possession of the Wuyue Kingdom, which lasted for five generations. He ruled for eighty-one years before his death, and the southeastern area became the territory of the Song Dynasty.
This Moxie Sword is an ancestral heirloom of the Qian family of Wuyue Kingdom.
Qian Chu knew that Taizong was fond of martial arts, so when he offered his land, he also offered this sword, which Taizong regarded as a treasure.
But Moye is a short sword, narrow and delicate, and difficult to wear.
Therefore, Emperor Taizong did not take it with him on weekdays, but kept it in his palace.
Later, Emperor Taizong failed in his two Northern Expeditions. Disheartened, he sang, danced and had fun every day, and even stopped playing with guns and sticks.
This Moye Sword was sealed in the arsenal, marked with the number 1, and was the most precious thing in the entire arsenal.
Later disciples of the Song Dynasty royal family were not interested in martial arts. Even for more than a hundred years, no one opened the arsenal to look for things.
It was not until Zhao Tong later opened the arsenal that the Moye Sword came to light again.
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