"Romance of the Three Kingdoms" records a large number of historical figures, including counselors and military generals, and there are also both. Therefore, after the passionate young man opened "Three Kingdoms", his blood vessels were quickly ignited as if he encountered a flame.
Zhang Yide Handheld zhangba Snake Spear stands above Changbanpo , and a loud shout scares to death Cao Cao a general under his command; Guan Yunchang rises Qinglong Yanyue Knife in his hand, warm wine kills Hua Xiong , how energetic; Lu Bu holds the square sky painting halberd, crosses the battlefield, as if entering a nobody...
Generals must have a perfect weapon to fully demonstrate what they have learned in their lives.
However, with the popularity of film and television dramas, many readers can't help but wonder, could the ancients really pick up weapons weighing dozens of kilograms?
is a bluff? Or is it true?
Exaggerated description of writers
First of all, we must return to the problem itself. From which areas does the problem arise? There is no doubt that the problem sprouted from a large number of novels of Romance and then grew into towering trees.
Romance novels were circulated in the streets and alleys in the form of episodes during the Song Dynasty . In other words, the reason why it can be circulated on the streets and alleys is because it is deeply loved by the people.
Why can it be loved by the people? Give an example: Do you like money? No need to answer, you know the answer.
Money is a must-have thing in the real world, and the storybook is like money in the spiritual world. A person is frustrated in the real world and is mentally depressed and lonely. At this time, he urgently needs spiritual supply. The storybook appears, in a form that is popular.
What does it mean to like to hear and to see? Use words that the people can understand and use words that the people are willing to listen to. The story is born in such a historical background. What do the people like to hear? A bully is subdued by a hero, and a hero can block a hundred.
As a storyteller, you can’t let bullies beat heroes, right? At this time, a common brushwork in the literary world must be used: exaggeration.
Even if the hero has only a few pounds of weapons, how can human power resist its own limits? It’s okay to do it occasionally, but I can’t help but ask, where does this person come from?
The author of the Romance novel will tell you that this person comes from the novel. If I want him to do this, he will do this, and the people like him. Therefore, the weapons in the hands of the generals are getting heavier and heavier.
The mildest ones weigh dozens of kilograms, and the heavy ones weigh hundreds of kilograms. In real life, imagine how can a person, wearing armor weighing dozens of kilograms and holding weapons weighing dozens of kilograms, move and dodge among thousands of troops?
In history, there have been such troops. When the Song, Jin, and Xixia were three-legged in the triumph, Jin , the fourth prince of the Jin Kingdom , which is the Jin Wushu mentioned in the story book. This person has a special force, known as Tiefutu .
Tiefutu is indeed such a force. However, this force does not rely on the ability to fight individually, but on the impact of the group. When he was on the horse, he charged against thousands of troops and rushed the opponent into pieces.
If you just kill the enemy alone, once you fall into the enemy's siege, the enemy can easily capture it.
Therefore, it is impossible for the weapon in the general to weigh dozens of kilograms. Perhaps someone would make a rebuttal opinion. In addition to novels such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", there are also records in official history.
"Records of the Grand Historian", which Mr. Lu Xun called him "the masterpiece of historians", clearly records the story of Xiang Yu being able to carry a tripod when he was young. When Xiang Yu was young, he could lift a heavy tripod that was nearly a thousand pounds. Can't he wield a weapon of just a few dozen pounds?
According to Sima Gong's records, there is indeed no problem. It is just to solve the problem of history and we must return to the scene of history. Xiang Yu in Sima Gong's writing is Xiang Yu in the mouth of the generals of the Han Dynasty.
Xiang Yu destroyed the tyrannical Qin with only tens of thousands of soldiers. At that time, he was only in his early twenties. He was a heroic young man who stepped on his feet that many people could not achieve in his entire life, so he called himself Western Chu King .The two words "
" overlord " show Xiang Yu's conceit. Will no one praise a young man who holds military power and is extremely arrogant?
Let’s take a step back, there are occasionally a few people like Xiang Yu in history. It is impossible for everyone to be the same as him, right? Therefore, do not accept exaggerated descriptions as reality.
This is the excellence of a novelist. You can unconsciously accept his exaggerated lies and have no doubt at all. How can you refute it?
Like Mr. Wu Cheng'en's "Journey to the West", Sun Wukong went to the East China Sea Dragon Palace to borrow treasures, and the Dragon King led him to the front of Dinghai Divine Needle . The magic needle weighed 13,500 kilograms. Sun Wukong picked it up easily like holding an embroidered needle.
Just imagine, who once suspected that Sun Wukong could not pick it up here? The first reaction of ordinary people is to prepare for Sun Wukong.
Once similar ideas accumulate in your mind, it confuses the boundaries between reality and novels. Once reality sends a signal of doubt, problems will arise.
units of measurement are different
Of course, in addition to exaggerated methods, there are also historical factors among them. Units of measurement in history are different from today, and have different algorithms in all dynasties.
Readers who are familiar with the history of Qin Dynasty are more clear. After Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, it not only unified the text, but also unified the weights and measures.
What is a measure of weight and measure? Degree is length, volume of quantity, and weigh is weight. There are still differences between the six countries, not to mention ancient and modern times. One pound in the Qin Dynasty was about 258.24 grams today, about half a pound.
In other words, the Qin generals weighed 80 kilograms, but in fact, only about 40 kilograms. It is reasonable to think so.
The Three Kingdoms were in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and the kilogram of The Eastern Han Dynasty was even more different from the Qin Dynasty. The kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram of kilogram
is less than half a catty today. The Zhang Fei 's Snake Spear in his hand is probably lighter than we think. If we calculate it according to this weight, some descriptions are reasonable.
Of course, there are also some dynasties that weigh more than today's weight. Tang Dynasty is 596.82 grams, which is nearly 100 grams heavier than today. In this way, the exaggerated description in "Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties" is a bit unkind. Li Yuanba , Yuwen Chengdu are holding weapons that are heavier than we imagined, and fighting on the battlefield is really not easy.
Conclusion
or above are written explanations, but with the unearth of tombs such as the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin and the birth of a large number of weapons, it has been confirmed that the weapons of the ancients are not as magical as mentioned in the Romance.
In order to facilitate killing enemies, their weapons are manufactured just right, just in line with their own needs. Only when the cooperation between weapons and generals is harmonious and unobstructed can they be convenient for them to kill enemies on the battlefield to win.
You may as well take a look at the King of Yue Goujian Sword , which was passed down from the Spring and Autumn Period. That sword can solve many problems easily.
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