During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it is easy to understand that which country has what kind of sword represents the overall military strength of that country. This is just like which country has high-tech sophisticated weapons now, and its military strength should not be underestimated. Therefore, it was a fact that countries were committed to casting famous swords at that time.
Is there Zhan Lujian in history? Let's first understand the historical legend and origin of this sword:
Cutting six generals is the first of the five famous swords cast by Ou Yezi. Some people say that this sword is slightly inferior to defeating evil.
According to Yue Jue Shu, in 496 BC, Yue State was always willing to invite Ou Yezi, the world's first sword casting master, to cast swords. After Ou Yezi was ordered, he set out from Minhou with his wife Zhu and his daughter, and went upstream along the Minjiang River to a mountain with high mountains and dense forests, with an altitude of 1, 230 meters. Here we found the holy iron (iron mother) and holy water (cold spring water) needed for casting swords. After Ou Yezi stayed here, he built a furnace, which took three years and was finally tempered.
"... the achievement of the sword is also brilliant, the sun and the moon compete for glory, the stars avoid color, and ghosts and gods mourn. "A sharp sword. Ou Yezi is dedicated to the King of Yue. Under the caress of the King of Yue, he was named "Zhan Lu". Since then, Ou Yezi is famous for his Zhan Lujian. So it is famous for its sword.
After the casting of Zhan Lu Jian, it was admired by all generations. Zhan's magical legend is recorded in Yuan Kang's Yuejueshu in the Han Dynasty, Eleven Records in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Feng Menglong's Annals of the Founding of China in the late Ming Dynasty. Among the people, there is a legend that Ou Yezi tried his sword. Denise, the president of the Academy of Yuan Dynasty, described the vivid scene when the sword was refined through her own imagination: "... the sword was completed, the sun and the moon won glory, the stars avoided color, and ghosts mourned".
Zhan Lu's sword is extremely sharp, but it is recorded in history. According to Wu Yue Chun Qiu, Ou Yezi refined five swords, namely Zhan Lu, Chun Jun, Ju Que, Cao Hao and Yu Chang, and Zhan Lu ranked first among the five swords.
However, even this sword of Zhan Lu, inspired by God and serving with strength, will not last forever. According to legend, the war was obtained from the famous Jin Dynasty star Zhou Chu, and was later given to Yue Fei, a hero who resisted gold. After Yue Fei's Fengbo Pavilion was killed, Zhan Lu's sword was lost.
The latest archaeological and historical research shows that there are indeed many famous swords in history, and so are Ou Yezi's swords. So it can be inferred that this sword did appear in history, although it has been lost.