By the end of the Western Zhou Dynasty, after a long period of continuous improvement, the shape was gradually complete, and it became a weapon that slave owners and nobles liked to wear, but it was mainly used for self-defense (it was noted in Shuo Wen Jie Zi that swordsmen should nip in the bud). ) Because the two weeks were dominated by car battles, the sword played little role in actual combat.
The large-scale use of swords began at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, and the basic equipment was in the infantry-dominated Wu Chu army.