Guan Yu's dragon crescent moon blade in the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms really weighs 82 Jin.
in 2 ad, in the fifth year of Han Jian' an, Yuan Shao, who had just wiped out the white horse Gongsun, went south and fought against Cao Cao. Regarding this battle, Chen Shou, who cherishes ink like gold, described it as follows: Yu saw a good cover, rode his horse and stabbed it in the crowd, beheaded its head, and spared the generals who could not do it, so he solved Baimawei. Many scholars in later generations concluded that Guan Yu's weapons were stab weapons such as halberds and spears according to the word "stab" in the text, which was also consistent with the combat mode of cavalry in the Han Dynasty. From this point of view, Guan Yu is going to make a final conclusion by using a knife.
However, the ancient book Records of Ancient and Modern Knives and Swords put forward a completely different view: Guan Yu, who was valued by his late master, spared no expense in his life, and took Dushan Iron as two knives, saying that ten thousand people were famous. And feather defeat, feather cherish knife, throw it into the water. For a long time, the ancient and modern records of swords and swords have been despised by future generations, thinking that the book is absurd, and many of them are attached works. However, although the author of ancient and modern records of swords and swords and the date of their completion cannot be tested, Tao Hongjing, a Liang man who prefaced them, is famous. Tao Hongjing was probably born in 451-456 AD, almost at the same time as Pei Songzhi. Pei Songzhi can quote more than 2 kinds of historical materials to annotate the History of the Three Kingdoms, explaining that there were many historical materials of the Three Kingdoms recorded at that time. Under the circumstances of so many historical materials, can Tao Hongjing's integrity be used as a preface for books that are obviously wrong at that time? Many historical materials of the Northern and Southern Dynasties can also be used as evidence of Guan Yu's saying that he made a sword. For example, the Book of Jin records that Chen An, a valiant soldier, held a broadsword in his left hand and a snake spear in his right hand, which was called "left-handed and right-handed". If Guan Yu didn't use the knife, where did this "left off" theory come from?
In fact, although Guan Yu's sword was not explicitly recorded in the Records of the Three Kingdoms and Pei's notes, there are some materials that can be used as evidence. At that time, the 1.2-meter ring-head knife had been equipped with troops, and archaeology even found a 1.28-meter knife. The reflection records that Dian Wei was "fond of holding a big double halberd and a long sword", which shows that Dian Wei's sword is far more than 1.2 meters. Therefore, at that time, although long knives were not as rampant as halberds and spears, they had become weapons of war. From this, it is not impossible for Guan Yu to make a long knife.
Now let's look back at the word "thorn". It is said that the explanation of the word "thorn" is: Jun kills the doctor and says "stab, stab, and hurt directly". However, in the historical records of the Three Kingdoms and the Han Dynasty, we can see several other explanations of the tattoo. For example, Guo Xiu "wants to stab (Liu) Zen and cannot be close." This "thorn" obviously means assassination; For example, Gao Rou said, "You should be able to distinguish things by stabbing", and this "stabbing" is a detective's talk; Another example is Feng Xi's "stabbing himself with a knife", and the explanation of "stabbing" here means killing. So, which of these explanations is closest to Guan Yu's meaning of stabbing Yan?
In context, Guan Yu's assassination of Yan Liang was "among the people" in the confrontation between the two armies, and later, there was even "no one can do it if he tried to explain the assassination." Undoubtedly, it would not work. Imagine the battle between armies, and the general is still under the cover of the people, which shows that he is not shirtless. Therefore, Yan Liang's position is not necessarily in Zhongjun or the rear, but it is also heavily guarded. Even if Yan Liang and his guards are careless again, they will not be assassinated by Guan Yu, will they? Therefore, the tattoo here can only be used to kill.
Let's imagine that Guan Yu stabbed Yan Liang and then "beheaded his head". If Guan Yu, riding a high-speed galloping horse, used weapons such as halberds and spears, then he would have to switch to sabres to cut off Yan Liang's head after killing Yan Liang, and there was no stirrup at that time (at least not perfect), so Yan Liang's body, which had been killed during the time when he changed weapons, was likely to fall under the horse. Even if Guan Yu is brave again, when he completes this series of actions, his defense is bound to be full of loopholes. If Guan Yu had used a knife, the situation would have been very different. He could have cut off Yan Liang's head at once, which would have avoided the above danger [Note: Although I rode a horse and fought with a knife, I didn't kill anyone. The above paragraph is all speculation. Please smash bricks at will, hehe].
Therefore, to paraphrase a netizen's saying: groundless, not necessarily without cause. I prefer to believe that Guan Gong is playing with a broadsword, because this statement has been around for thousands of years.
By the way, Guan Yu's stabbing Yan Liang often reminds me of another famous story: Nie Zheng stabbed Han Jing. The two men's goals are, first, the tiger generals in the world who are heavily guarded, and second, the Korean dignitaries who live in the heavily guarded court; Two people have to face, one is "Shao Zhujiang", a large number of Korean palace guards; The reason for the generosity of the two people is: "I know very well that Tso has been kind to me, but I was sworn by General Liu great kindness to die with * * *, and I can't back it. I won't stay in the end, and I want to be effective to report Tso's departure. "One is to be grateful. Although the outcome is different, so is their pride. However, in today's network, Nie Zheng is still a model of chivalry, but Guan Yu has become a lecherous and domineering person. Is it time to forget the righteousness? Life?
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