When it comes to the weight of the ancient fierce general's weapon, most people first think of Li Yuanba's eight-hundred-pound sledgehammer, followed by Guan Yunchang and the eighty-two pound Qinglong Yue Dao.
However, Li Yuanba is a fictional character in the act, and "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" writes that he hates the sky without pillars and the earth without rings, which is too exaggerated and false.
Guan Yunchang is a real person, but the "Three Kingdoms" does not write the weight of his weapon at all, or even what weapon he uses, it does not mention it at all. So much so that many people suspected that Guan Yunchang's weapon was not the Qinglong Yue Dao at all.
Dian Wei, who was a contemporary of Guan Yunchang, was also a famous fierce general.
The "Records of the Three Kingdoms" has a record of Dianwei's weapons, and Dian Wei made a pair of iron halberds, weighing eighty pounds. The description in the "Legend of the Three Kingdoms and Dianwei" is: "The strong man under the account has a dian jun, and he carries a pair of halberds and eighty catties." ”
These eighty pounds are amazing enough.
However, through the conversion of mass with the Eastern Han Dynasty, one catty in the Eastern Han Dynasty is equivalent to 220 grams now, so Dianwei's iron halberd also weighs thirty-six catties now. Although this number is much smaller, ordinary people use it, but it is still too bulky.
In any case, the weight of thirty-six pounds of iron halberd is still psychologically acceptable to modern people.
However, the "Biography of Song Shi Yue Yun" wrote that Yue Yun "held two iron vertebrae in his hands and weighed eighty pounds in every battle, and the army landed in the city first", which made people's jaws drop.
You know, Yue Yun's eighty pounds of iron spine and Dian Wei's eighty pounds of iron halberd are not the same concept.
One catty in the Southern Song Dynasty was equivalent to 633 grams now, and Yue Yun's eighty catties of iron vertebrae weighed one hundred catties today!
God, a hundred pounds of weapons, how to wield freely and operate like flying? And how to go into battle and kill the enemy? Even if Yue Yun had such divine power, could the mount under his crotch withstand it?
It is no wonder that Mr. Wang Zengyu, an expert in Song history, had to mention with a wry smile in "Yue Fei's New Biography": "This may not be an exaggeration. ”
To be honest, Mr. Wang Zengyu's suspicions are justified.
Although officials revise history and strive to record the truth, not to be false and beautiful, not to embellish evil, but that is for historical events. In some numbers, such as length and weight, they are often falsely referred to, without much elaboration and argumentation. In this regard, the most criticized is the "History of Ming. Zhang Xianzhong's biography "wrote that Zhang Xianzhong "killed a total of 60,000 men and women", 60,000 is 600 million, Zhang Xianzhong's era, the whole of China did not even have a population of 100 million, saying that Zhang Xianzhong killed 600 million people is absolutely a mouth, our descendants do not have to take it seriously.
Therefore, Yue Yun's iron cone should be a heavy weapon, but it may not really weigh eighty catties (that is, one hundred catties now), and there is no need to delve into how heavy it is.
Here, there is an example that can be used as a supporting evidence for everyone to consider.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Ying Tingji of Zhejiang was an aide to Shi Kefa, a minister of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and was sent by Shi Kefa to serve as a supervisor in the army of Xingping Bo Gaojie, one of the four towns. Ying Tingji wrote "Green Phosphorus Chips", which recorded in detail the entire process of Gao Jie's murder in the Suizhou Revolution. It casually mentions the following sentence: "The iron rod used by [Gao Jie] weighs eighteen pounds, and it is falsely called forty pounds. ”
Look, Gao Jie was a fierce general in the troubled times at the end of the Ming Dynasty, with a ripe copper stick in his hand, wielding a tiger and tiger style, and his power was terrifying.
How much does this stick really weigh? To be honest, eighteen pounds is also considered heavy, but in order to bluff, or to deter the enemy, Gao Jie declared forty pounds!
If it weren't for Ying Tingji working under Gao Jie and knowing everything about Gao Jie, he leaked the news in "Green Phosphorus Chips", and later generations wrote history books, they would naturally follow the saying of "forty pounds".
It can be seen that the weight of the weapons of the ancient fierce generals is suspected of falsification. This is as common as the phenomenon of modern entertainment stars falsely declaring height and age.
Chinese sword collector Huangfujiang paid attention to the collection of ancient Chinese swords, and wrote "Chinese Swords", which lists:
According to the "Actual Record of Military Training" written during the Wanli period, the waist knife system is "three feet long and weighs one pound and ten taels", and the "New Book of Ji Xiao" states that the long knife system "has a long blade five feet long, and then a copper protective blade is one foot, and the handle is one foot and five inches long, a total of six feet and five inches, and weighs two pounds and eight taels."
Huangfujiang himself collected a long sword in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, with a total length of 99 cm and a net weight of one pound and five taels; There is also a large knife from the late Qing Dynasty horse to Chenggongming oxtail, with a blade length of 67.85 cm, a handle length of 21 cm, a weight of 1048 grams, and a thick tip.
In addition, the ring hand knife was unearthed from the tomb of Li Xian in the Northern Dynasty, which is 94.5 cm long and weighs 1315 grams.
Also, the big sword and the Zhenwu Seven-Star Sword used by Wu Sangui, a great traitor who was also a contemporaneous time with Gao Jie, are now displayed in the exhibition room of the Golden Hall of the Taihe Palace in Kunming.
The big knife is very related to the charm of the Gongqing Dragon Yue Dao, with a total length of two meters from the handle to the blade, the blade is sharp, and the back of the knife is inlaid with double dragons, which is extremely majestic.
But how much does it weigh?
But it weighs only 12 pounds.
Therefore, people who are superstitious about how heavy ancient weapons are should wake up.
