According to the Book of Sui and the Chronicle of Etiquette, "Yipin, Jade Sword, Peishan Xuanyu." Erpin, gold sword, peishui cangyu. Sanpin and the founding son of the man, the fifth class scattered (scattered) product name Hou although the fourth and fifth products, and silver sword, peishui cangyu, the servant has been down, the tongzhilang has been up, and the accompanying position is like a sword. Those who carry a straight sword, enter the temple and ascend to the temple, and if they are in battle, they will undo the sword. ”
The sword is a long-standing artifact in China, which can make meritorious achievements and defend the country; in the era of prosperity and peace, although the sword did not have much use, it was also regarded as an ornament by the literati and inkers, used to express the ambition of the clouds or to show the heroic posture of Shangwu. Regardless of the situation, the sword has an extremely important position.
A treasure left over from history
In the thousands of years of ancient Chinese history, the ancients used their diligence and wisdom to leave many unrepeatable and unique treasures for future generations. These treasures carry the superb skills and wisdom of predecessors, and their value is self-evident.
History can only be traced back, but it cannot be repeated. Therefore, for the cultural relics left by the ancients, posterity is also very interested.
In modern times, there are many folk antique collectors who want to get these precious cultural relics. However, precious cultural relics are generally not privately owned, and the handover of cultural relics to the state can provide the most valuable places for cultural relics and provide more information for experts to study history.
However, not everyone is willing to turn in their own cultural relics that they have received or owned. In the cultural relics circle, there was a sensational and tragic event.
In the last century, there was an old farmer in Chongqing who refused to hand in the sword after picking up the cultural relics, and when the experts found him, he had turned the "rusty" sword into a "shiny and sharp" kitchen knife.
The old man found the "rusty" sword
This old master's name is Yi, and his name is Yi Shouxiang.
When Uncle Yi, who was in his sixties at the time, went down to the ground to hoe, suddenly the hoe made a sound of metal hitting. So Uncle Yi shaved with a hoe, and even planed out a piece of rusty iron.
It looks like an ancient sword, but it no longer has the hilt and tip.
After returning home, he wiped away the rust before confirming that it was indeed a sword body.
As we all know, in ancient times, swords were very common and played an important role. There is a saying in the history books: "Han Gaozu won the world by fighting the three-foot sword." For thousands of years, in countless wars, swords and other weapons have played an important role and deepened step by step.
When the people in the village knew, they all came to Uncle Yi's house to see the sword. The villagers said that he had picked up the treasure, which was perhaps the sword of an ancient martial arts master.
Whether it is as the villagers say, this still needs to be determined by cultural relics experts.
Under the discussion of the villagers, the news quickly spread, and the cultural relics experts also rushed to Uncle Yi's home to see the sword body.
The preliminary appraisal of experts believes that this ancient sword should be a cultural relic from the Qing Dynasty.
However, because of its age, there are many traces on the ancient sword, which have affected the identification.
But this is only a preliminary estimate, and in the eyes of the stubborn old man, the expert's words mean that the ancient sword is "worthless".
For many ordinary people, the value of ancient artifacts lies in money. The old man had preconceived notions that the sword was worthless, so he was reluctant to hand it in.
The "sword" became a kitchen knife
But after the old man brought home the ancient sword, he saw the other side of the ancient sword.
Originally, the experts could not make a definitive identification because there was too much rust on the sword. When the old man polished off the rust, he saw the words engraved on the sword.
Because the ancient font was obviously different from today's, under the advice of others, he knew that the font engraved on the sword was a seal. And the three words are: Green Dragon Sword. These three words doomed this sword to be extraordinary.
It is written in the "Youyang Miscellaneous Tricks": "In Tang Kaiyuan, Hexi rode Song Qingchun every time, and Chang Yun sword shouted,...... Tubo Yue: "When you see the green dragon coming suddenly, as far as the blade of the soldiers can reach, if you knock on the copper and iron, you are said to be a general of the gods." ”
It turned out that this sword was most likely a famous sword of the Tang Dynasty, the Green Dragon Sword.
However, the stubborn Yi Laohan still felt that this sword was nothing unusual, and took it home as a kitchen knife.
Five years later, the experts learned that there was such a sword in the old man's house and excitedly rushed to the house of the old man to look for it. At this time, the so-called Green Dragon Sword had become a broken old kitchen knife.
It is conceivable that the old man at this time may have repented of his intestines. He stubbornly thought that a rusty sword should be worthless, but he thought it was a valuable sword? It was also his polishing that made this sword worthless.
brief summary
This old farmer was able to transform an ancient sword into a kitchen knife for household use, and it was indeed very rare. Although this rusty ancient sword has little research value, it is also a cultural relic with a long history, and it is a pity that it was destroyed in this way.
References: Sui Shu Li libilia, Youyang Miscellaneous Tricks
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