18 description of ancient weapons in China?

According to Five Miscellaneous Notes and Sword Notes, the "ten weapons" are bows, crossbows, guns, knives, swords, spears, shields, axes, cymbals, halberds, yellow, mallets, dragoons (sticks), forks, rakes and heads. Later people called it "Little Eighteen."

Today, the general explanation of "eighteen weapons" in martial arts circles is knife, gun, sword, halberd, axe, cymbal, hook, fork, whip, mace, hammer, grab, boring, stick, crutch and meteor.

Hanwu was founded in the fourth year of Yuanfeng (BC 107). After strict selection and sorting, 18 weapons were selected: spear, boring, knife, spear, whip, mace, sword, hammer, grab, halberd, bow, cymbal, axe and so on. Sticks, guns and forks.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Lv Qian, a famous weapon appraiser, rearranged the "eighteen weapons" ordered by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty into nine long weapons and nine short weapons according to their characteristics. Nine lengths: knife, spear, halberd, spear, boring, cymbal, stick, gun and fork; Nine short: axe, walking, card, arrow, whip, sword, mace, hammer and grab.

From the above, the weapons listed in the Eighteen Martial Arts are similar, but they are very rich in form and content. There are Changle instruments and short instruments. Soft musical instrument, double musical instrument; There are hooks, barbs, sharp points, knives, bright and dark; Offensive and defensive; There are hits, kills, hits, throws and blocks.

It can be seen that the weapons listed in the Eighteen Martial Arts are all weapons of ancient masters (about 400 kinds), which are the most commonly used in actual combat.