中国古代剑的发展与演变过程

The Development and Evolution of Ancient Chinese Sword

剑,在我国古代是一种权利和身份的象征,古人配剑,既是一种礼仪,又表示了佩戴者的等级。剑的起源可以追溯到轩辕黄帝时代,而在夏商周时进入到青铜器时代,此时出现了长兵、短兵、远射器等。从春秋战国时期剑的兴起,到汉代剑成为一种贴身防卫的最佳选择,再到隋唐以后,剑的逐渐衰落,这诉说着时代的演变。文章运用文献资料法、逻辑分析法和归纳法等研究方法,对剑在中国历史进程中的演变与发展情况进行研究分析,为剑的相关理论研究提供一定参考。

The sword,in ancient China,is a symbol of power and status.The ancients used the sword as a kind of etiquette,and also signified the level of the wearer.The origin of the sword can be traced back to the Huangdi era of Xuanyuan,and during the Xia,Shang and Zhou dynasties,it entered into the Bronze Age,and there were long swords,short swords,and distant shooting weapons.From the rise of the sword in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period,to the Han Dynasty the sword became the best choice for personal defense,and after the Sui and Tang dynasties,the gradual decline of the sword told the evolution of the times.The article with the methods of literature,logical analysis and induction,studies the sword in the process of the history about its evolution and development in China by case study analysis,provides certain reference for the research on the related theory of the sword.