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The sword of Goujian is 55.6 centimetres (21.9 in) in length, including an 8.4 centimetres (3.3 in) hilt; the blade is 4.6 centimetres (1.8 in) wide at its base. The sword weighs 875 grams (30.9 oz). In addition to the repeating dark rhombi pattern on both sides of the blade, there are decorations of blue crystals and turquoise.
The tenth of the 13 Valkyrie sisters. She performed a Völundr with Qin Shi Huang in round 7, turning into a pair of spaulders, known as the "Shenluo Kaixiu" or "Almighty Spaulders", and later reformed into a sword known as the "Shi Huang Goujian Sword". Göndul (ゴンドゥル, Gonduru) The ninth of the 13 Valkyrie sisters.
The jian (Mandarin Chinese:, Chinese: 劍, English approximation: / dʒ j ɛ n / jyehn, Cantonese:) is a double-edged straight sword used during the last 2,500 years in China. The first Chinese sources that mention the jian date to the 7th century BCE, during the Spring and Autumn period; [1] one of the earliest specimens being the Sword of Goujian.
The famous Yue King Goujian destroyed and annexed Wu in 473 BC. During the reign of Wuqiang (無彊), six generations after Goujian, Yue was partitioned by Chu and Qi in 333 BC. During its existence, Yue was famous for the quality of its metalworking, particularly its swords. Examples include the extremely well-preserved Swords of Goujian and ...
Examples include the swords and spears originating from Wu (state), such as the sword used to slice open Gun to release his son Yu, or the legendary swords of Gan Jiang and Mo Ye. [16] The mythological materials quoted by Birrell from various sources illustrate the dangers associated in mythology with mythological weapons, both their ...
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The characters engraved on the famous Sword of Goujian provide a fine example. A few examples of the bird seal script can be seen in or on containers and jades of that period. The bird seal script was also used occasionally in the Han dynasty seals (mainly the jade seals), as well as a few eaves tiles and bricks.
Biographies of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru is a Song dynasty calligraphic work by Huang Tingjian. 82: 田單列傳: Biography of Tian Dan: 83: 魯仲連鄒陽列傳: Biographies of Lu Zhonglian and Zou Yang: 84: 屈原賈生列傳: Biographies of Qu Yuan and Master Jia: Master Jia refers to Jia Yi: 85: 呂不韋生列傳: Biography of Master Lü ...