Swords occupy a very important position in Chinese history. According to legend, Huangdi Xuanyuan forged the first sword during his battle with Chi You, which was the legendary Xuanyuan Golden Sword. This sword has always lived in legends.
No one has seen it, and no one can tell whether it ever existed. Compared with it, there are several other swords that are very prominent. To put it this way, the five ancient magic weapons should be the first to bear the brunt.
The Five Great Divine Weapons are a later term, and did not appear at that time. What is a coincidence is that these five great magic weapons were all produced by the same person, and this person was named Ou Yezi.
If you want to ask who is the most awesome carpenter in the world from ancient times to the present, everyone will definitely say Luban. But if you want to ask who is the most awesome blacksmith in the world, most people will think of the same name. This person
, that is Ou Yezi.
There was a man named Yuan Kang in the Han Dynasty. He wrote this in "Yue Jueshu, Volume 11, Wai Zhuan Bao Jian", saying: "Ou Ye was inspired by the spirit of heaven and knew his tricks, so he created three punishments for big punishments and two punishments for small punishments."
"The first is called Zhanlu, the second is called Chunjun, the third is called Shengxie, the fourth is called Fish Intestine, and the fifth is called Juque."
What does it mean? That is to say, Ou Yezi was ingenious and used the creation of heaven and earth to match his smelting technology. He spent his whole life making five swords, three long and two short. These five swords, three long and two short, are what we call them.
The five ancient divine weapons, or the five ancient divine swords.
If you are familiar with history or various literary works related to it, you will know that these five swords are all world-famous. Not to mention their sharp blades, what is even more awesome is that they also have some peculiarities that are beyond common sense.
Efficacy, and what we are going to talk about today is Zhan Lu, the first of these five magic weapons.
Why do you say it?
Because it is a black sword. Among the magical weapons that can be used sometimes in the world, this is the only black sword.
There is a similar saying in history books, saying that Zhanlu is a sword and an eye, an eye hidden in the night. When the swordsmith master Ou Yezi made this sword, he couldn't help crying because, he
I have spent my whole life trying to create such a sword that is indestructible but does not carry the slightest murderous intent.
In order to facilitate subsequent discussion, let’s present this story completely.
According to "Yue Jueshu", in 496 BC, Yue Wang Yunchang asked Ou Yezi, the world's best swordsmith, to make a sword for him.
After Ou Yezi was ordered, he took his wife Zhu and daughter Moye (you know) from Minhou and went up the Minjiang River to a high mountain with an altitude of 1,230 meters. This mountain is called "Zhan".
, there is a river at the foot of the mountain, this river is called "Lu". Here, he discovered the sacred iron (iron mother) and holy water (cold spring water) needed to make swords, so he lived on the mountainside and smelted stones.
Mining gold, he created this unique weapon that is as black as ink.
As for the smelting process, there is no detailed description in the book. On the contrary, a book from the Yuan Dynasty once wrote: "Ou Yezi took his smelting skills and went straight to Zhanlu Mountain. He was especially good at the foot of it.
If it is absolutely necessary, set up a furnace. Take the tin from Chijin Mountain and the copper from Ruoye River. The rain master will sweep it, the Thunder God will chop it, the dragon will hold the furnace, and the Emperor of Heaven will load the charcoal. It will be built here for three years and the sword will be completed.
When it is completed, the light penetrates the sky, the sun and the moon shine, the stars fight to avoid their anger, the ghosts and gods wail, and the kings and gods of Yue are over."
This passage is not difficult, and most people can understand it. After reading it, many people will feel that the process of sword refining is too mysterious, but what is even more mysterious is actually yet to come.
When I saw this, I actually had a question. Why, among all the magic weapons in the world, only Zhan Lu is black? The most direct answer is that the raw materials are different. Then, why are the raw materials different? Answer
, the origin of raw materials is different.
Okay, here comes the question, why is the iron ore smelted from the legendary Zhan Mountain, that is, the Chijin Mountain, different from other ores?
This also starts with the name of this "Chijin Mountain".
According to legend, this "Chijin Mountain" was not a mountain originally, but a flat river. Then one day, a golden warrior came down from the sky and landed here. Every day, he dumped baskets of dregs on the ground.
The dregs were red in color and looked like coke. Over time, they piled up like a flaming mountain. Although, after many years, there were no more yellow scarf warriors here, and the bare mountain top was no longer red, but,
In order to commemorate that period of history, local people still called it "Chijin Mountain", which was later called "Zhan Mountain".
If this seemingly absurd legend is true, then the raw material of the Zhanlu Sword may start from the coke-like thing brought by the yellow scarf warrior. Well, the problem is out, what about the coke-like thing?
It's something like coke... What exactly is it? Where did the legendary yellow scarf warrior with infinite strength come from?
When I typed the three words "Yellow Turban Lux" into the search engine input box and lightly hit Enter, a name quickly caught my attention.
Taiqing's moral deity, Lao Tzu.
In folklore, this yellow turban warrior is a powerful protector, and only a very high-level immortal can summon it. In the famous "Fengshen Yanyi", the most favorite person to use this yellow turban warrior is
He is our Taiqing Daodetianzun.
Many people are not very familiar with the name Daode Tianzun, but many people have heard of his other title, which is the Taishang Laojun we often mention.
Among all the gods in the sky, who loves alchemy the most, it must be our Taishang Taoist. Among the gods in the sky, who has the highest qualifications, it is also our Taiqing Taoist.
According to legend, Lao Tzu, a strange man in the Spring and Autumn Period, was a master who manifested himself from the Taoist ancestors of the Taiqing Dynasty. He rode a green ox out of the customs and left behind a 5,000-word "Tao Te Ching", which can be regarded as a strange book that will be famous throughout the ages.
Purple Qi comes from the east and transforms Hu into Taoism. He only comes to the world when he is over eighty years old. His body can transform into three pure things with one Qi. Even Sage Kong is called Teacher. He is the founder of the Taoist school and is also respected by Taoism as the first in the world.
Although the Patriarch ranks last among the Sanqing Taoist ancestors, his personal influence is definitely incomparable to the first two.
Among the people, this phenomenon is even more obvious. Most of the well-known great gods are initiated by him personally. Even the talisman of the Huo Gong Taoist who is extremely respected by the founder of the Shangqing Dynasty often reads: "Tai Shang Lao
The classic cliché "You are as hasty as the law" shows its profound personal influence.
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