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Sword
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The Ganjiang sword
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He Lu, the King of the Wu State, once ordered
the couple, Gan Jiang and Mo Ye, to found swords for him. Gan
Jiang spent three years and made two superb swords, but he was
killed after he consecrated the male one to He Lu. The male
sword was named "Ganjiang". |
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The Moye sword
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He Lu, the King of the Wu State,
once ordered the couple, Gan Jiang and Mo Ye, to found a sword
for him. Gan Jiang spent three years and made two superb swords,
but he was killed after he consecrated the male one to He Lu.
Later, Gan Jiang's son Chi Bi wielded the female one to revenge
his father. The female sword was named "Moye" |
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The Tai'e sword
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It was one of the five swords made by Master
Ou Yetzi, the famous sword-casting master. |
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The Juque sword
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It was one of the five swords made by Master
Ou Yetzi, the famous sword-casting master. |
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King of Yue Goujian's sword
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According to history, the Yue State was exterminated
by the Wu State, and the Emperor Gou Jian was forced to serve
Fu Chai as a slave. After Gou Jian returned home, he couldn't
give up the hope of recovering his country and made up his mind
to prepare for battle. So he gave orders to make all sorts of
weapons, and the sword "Guojian"was one of them. In
484 BC, when Fu Chai was entertaining the lords to a banquet
at Huangchi, Gou Jian dispatched troops and quickly occupied
Gusu City, the capital of the Wu State. Thus the Wu State was
defeated and Gou Jian revenged his country eventually. |
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Blaze sword
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Xiang Yan, a General of the Chu State, held fast
to the last city of Lanling when General Wang Jian defeated
the Chu State. Xiang Yan committed suicide when the city defences
were finally breached. Wang Jian admired Xiang Yan's loyalty
and treasured the "Grief falchion"and "Blaze
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