Was there a sword in Qing Dynasty?

There was a square sword in Qing dynasty.

Fang Shangjian refers to the sword collected by the ancient emperors of China in Fang Shangguan, which was called Fang Shangjian in Han Dynasty and Fang Shangjian in Ming and Qing Dynasties.

In some plays and novels, the author likes to call it Fang Shangjian, which means Fang Shangjian. In ancient times, Fang Fang was a department specialized in supplying and manufacturing utensils used by emperors.

The pattern on the body of Fang Jian was carefully carved by craftsmen. The overall pattern looks very clear, with a dragon carved on one side and a phoenix carved on the other.

Moreover, the sword is tattooed with the Big Dipper, which shows that the sword should be shaped like a celestial phenomenon, and it can also be considered as the worship of the Big Dipper by the ancients.

Legend has it that Fang Shangjian was first given to ministers during the period of Zhu Yuanzhang, with the purpose of giving them the privilege of acting first and then acting second when dealing with extraordinarily serious cases. At the same time, Fang Shangjian is also a symbol of status and rights.

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In the Qing Dynasty, there was a famous Fang Shangjian, but it belonged to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which caused the rebellion of the Qing court. It is said that the sword of Li Xiucheng, the loyal monarch of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, was given by Hong Xiuquan, so we can act first and then act.

According to historical records, Suzhou fell in February of 1863, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Sufu Province was in danger. Tianjing was besieged by Xiang army led by Zeng Guofan.

Li Xiucheng took risks, leaving his younger brother Li Shixian guarding Liyang, while he led his army to rescue Tianjing. 1March 864, Wu, another garrison commander of Taiping Army, took advantage of Li Shixian to go out of the city to defend. Li Shixian could not enter the city, so he had to lead the troops to Huzhou. Gordon led his men to Liyang, where he got a sword.

According to Gordon himself, this sword was given to Li Xiucheng by the heavenly king Hong Xiuquan. The length of this sword is 84 cm, and the scabbard is made of bamboo. The scabbard is silvered, carved with dragon and phoenix patterns, and decorated with auspicious patterns such as swastika and magpie climbing plum.

This kind of design did not exist in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. If you look closely at its decorative accessories, such as belt buckles, ring buckles, hand guards, handles, etc., they all have a deep southern folk color. Comparing the cultural relics of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, we can conclude that this sword is a relic of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Gordon got the sword and gave it to Queen Victoria's cousin, the Duke of Cambridge. From then on, the sword drifted to England and became a private thing.

196 1 year, Ke Wennan, a famous sinologist at Cambridge University and a researcher on the history of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, came across a memo written by Gordon himself, Notes on Loyalty to Wang Baojian.

So he followed the map and found the sword. 1962, Ke Wennan returned this sword to China, which triggered a debate about the authenticity of this world.

Gordon said that this sword was given to Li Xiucheng by Hong Xiuquan, but the word "Li Xiucheng" was engraved on the hilt of this sword, which was puzzling. Traditionally, it is impossible for Hong Xiuquan to engrave Li Xiucheng's name on the sword of Shang Fang.

Li Xiucheng also dare not to carve his name on the sword, so some people speculate that these three words are gilded the lily by Gordon. Because the words on the sword are obviously the western style of engraving names on fountain pens.

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