Is Zhanlu the sword of Yue Wang Goujian?

The Dictionary reads, "Zhanlu Mountain is located in Songxi County, northern Fujian, with high mountains and steep ridges, and the fog condenses in all seasons, and is rumored to be the place where Ou Yezi cast his sword in the Spring and Autumn period, and thus the mountain is famous for its sword."

Ou Yezi, a native of Ningbo in the state of Yue during the Spring and Autumn Period, was a famous sword maker in history.

During the Spring and Autumn period, Fujian Province was a hilly area, which was suitable for short combat, and the sharp sword became an important weapon to improve the combat power. Sword makers were created in this context, and Ou Yezi is one of the representatives.

"Yue Jie Shu. The book of the sword, "the king of Yue Yun Chang (the father of Goujian) ordered Ou Yezi to cast the sword." Ou Yezi with his wife Zhu, daughter Mo Xie and son-in-law Gan, to Fujian, Zhejiang and other famous mountains and rivers to find suitable for casting the sword place. When they saw the Zhanlu Mountain is quiet and lush, charcoal is easy to get, rich in mineral deposits, the spring is fresh and cold, suitable for quenching the sword, so they set up house here to cast the sword. 3 years of hard work, and finally cast the sharpness of the world's Zhanlu of the sword. The world's five most famous swords are: Zhanlu, Juqueque, Shengxie, Fish Intestine, Pure Jun (also known as pure hooks), ranked first is Zhanlu. This sword can let the hair and the edge and pass away, iron near the edge as mud, the world has no match. Later generations of poets wrote: "Ten years of clouds lying under the Zhanlu. Doo between looking forward to the gas there are two dragons, where on earth to ask Ouye? Ouye a few spring and fall, Zhanlu sword is also long."

From the depiction of Yang Tassel, the head of the Zhanlu Academy in the Yuan Dynasty, with mythological coloring, we can see how famous the sword of Zhanlu is: "Ou Yezi held his fine art, and went to Zhanlu Mountain, and set up a furnace at the foot of the particularly winning and outstanding one. Taking tin in the mountain of Chihu, to the copper in the stream of Ruoye, the rain master sprinkled, the thunder god struck, the dragon held the furnace, the emperor of heaven loaded with charcoal, cover three years in this and the sword is complete. The sword is also, the essence of the light through the sky, the sun and the moon, the stars and dukes to avoid anger, the ghosts and gods sad, the king of Yue God." Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty, "Eastern Zhou Lieguo Zhi" said: Zhanlu sword "is the hardware of the English, the essence of the sun, out of the God, service is powerful.

The "Eastern Zhou Lieguo Zhi" also wrote a story: Zhanlu sword cast, the king of Yue regarded as a national treasure. Yue was conquered by the state of Wu, King Helu of Wu was given this sword. But one day the sword suddenly disappeared! But one day the sword suddenly disappeared and was found by the pillow of King Zhao of Chu. The sword master went to the palace to solve the riddle, saying: this is the sword of Ou Yezi, the sword master of Wuzhong, "Zhanlu" sword, the king of Wu was ruthless, killed Wang Bureaucer to establish himself, and killed 10,000 people in order to martyr his daughter, so the people of Wu were sad and resentful, so how could they get this sword? Than the sword is located in the country, the kingdom will be far away from the prosperity of incandescent. King Zhao of Chu was pleased: "This is a heavenly omen also!" Visible, Zhanlu sword has become a divine object to foretell the rise and fall of the country! The poet Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty wrote: "The courtiers are in military uniforms, and the king presses the Zhanlu." There are many references to Zhanlu in poems throughout the ages.

The Zhanlu Sword has been passed down through several times, and it is said that it was acquired by Xue Rengui during the Tang Dynasty, and then passed down to Yue Fei, a famous general of the Southern Song Dynasty who fought against the Jin Dynasty. After Yue Fei's father and son were killed in 1142, the Zhanlu sword was lost, and although it is impossible to determine whether it was made by Ou Yezi, the sword was unearthed in 1965 as a bronze sword from the same period, which provides valuable information for the verification of the craftsmanship level of the Zhanlu sword.

In order to reproduce the elegance of Zhanlu sword, Songxi County since 1985, check the information, set the ability to talent, experiments, inherited the ancient traditional craft, supplemented by modern control, smelting, processing and other more than 10 procedures, and finally produced a series of Zhanlu sword products, divided into a soft sword, hard sword, a single sword, a double sword, the open sword, the cane sword, the beast sword, and so on. Sword body silver, flexible and moderate, sword surface engraved with dragons and phoenixes, palm trees, mahogany sheaths, brass sheet inlaid package, and embedded patterns, simple and dignified, favorite.

Production of the first batch of products sent to Beijing "China International Exhibition Center" exhibition, exhibits were immediately purchased empty. June 14, 1986, "Fujian Daily" to "when the Ou Yezi sword casting, now Zhanlu sword again" as the title, reported the news. The news was reported in Fujian Daily on June 14, 1986 under the title of "Where Ou Yezi forged the sword in those years, now Zhanlu Sword is available again. People's Daily and its foreign language edition, "Wen Wei Po" more than 20 newspapers and magazines reprinted this article. 1987 Zhanlu sword won the Fujian Province Arts and Crafts Hundred Flowers Award.