“剑”的历史流变探骊

An Exploration on the Historical Changes of Sword

剑,短兵器,是中国古代冷兵器时代的作战工具,在东方文化的影响下,演绎了由术至道的文化之旅。本文运用历史学学理,通过文献资料法与逻辑分析法等研究方法,在追溯剑的流变进程中,发现,剑在进行着自我的蜕变和升华,它是久经沙场上的嗜血之剑,也是皇权贵族号令天下的王者之剑,更是翻飞于笔墨山水之间庶民之剑,在被东方文化沉淀、洗涤、浸润和滋养之后,由最低端的杀人器物,演变成最高层次的文化符号,剑在中国人心中占据的地位是其他器物无法企及的。

Sword,which is a kind of short weapons,is the fighting tool in cold arms era in ancient China.Under the influence of oriental culture,it changes from technique-oriented and tao-oriented to culture-oriented representative.Through history theory,literature review and logical analysis,this paper reviews the historical changes of sword,and discovers its transformation and distillation.Sword represents blood in the battle field,crown under the command of royal family,as well as common people in wuxia(martial arts)literature.After the sedimentary accretion,washing-up,soaking and nourishing of oriental culture,sword transfers from a low-end weapon to a high-end cultural icon,which enjoys an irreplaceable status among Chinese people.