Both knives and swords are very common weapons in ancient times. However, why are swords used more in reality, but in martial arts novels, heroes prefer to use swords? In fact, knives and swords give people The feelings are all different. The knife may be more reckless, while the sword is a little more calm. Therefore, in the novel, the heroes are both handsome and martial arts. The sword is the best choice, and the imagination of some reckless men is more Suitable for knives. However, this can only be said to be the case in most cases, and there are still exceptions.
Why do heroes disdain the use of swords?
Most of the ancient poets did not like swords very much. After searching through the vast sea of ??poems, only Wei Yingwu's "Kou Jiying Ancient Sword Song" uniquely recognizes the magical weapon, the cold front and the green maple. I don’t know who stipulated that it is difficult for men and women who wield knives to be the protagonists in novels or movies. Even if they are ranked number one, they don’t look so chic and decent, and it seems that there is always a blood feud in their hearts.
The hero Jin Yong gave up his sword. If you are lucky enough to encounter the Hu family's sword skills and learn three or two moves, you can earn some money in the world. If you are born a woman, and you have some color, and if you want to avoid being targeted by Tian Boguang, a lone traveler who "smells the scent of a woman", you must have a father who is not a Buddhist monk or a senior brother Linghu. If not, You have to succumb to the power of his thirteen-style sharp sword. Or being kidnapped by the Blood Knife Ancestor into a snow cave, and Di Yun is not around, that would be very bad. However, most of the famous knights in the world are swordsmen, and some are even more like Zhang Wuji. At a young age, he fought against Guangmingding with a pair of flesh palms and fought with the iron ropes of three Shaolin monks with his bare hands.
The prodigal son Gu Long loves knives, and the Xiao Li Flying Knife series goes without saying. The indestructible full-moon scimitar, the sword of the devil that scares the world, is engraved with the poem "The small building listens to the spring rain all night". The spring rain, the small building, the precious sword, and the beautiful lady all make people fascinated when thinking about them.
So people easily come to such a conclusion, but they don’t know who stipulated it: a hero wears a sword, and a prodigal uses a sword.
Regarding this unwritten rule, Guan Erge, who was both civil and military, heroic and heroic, was the first to refuse to accept it. With the Qinglong Yanyue Sword in his hand and the red rabbit horse running thousands of miles under his hip, he can kill Yan Liang and Wen Chou. He can ride alone thousands of miles and cross five passes to kill six generals. It's no problem.
Brother Guan has traveled far on horseback. Among the top ten masters of the late Qing Dynasty, there is also a famous swordsman - the fifth swordsman. As for his swordsmanship, there are legends in the world. Here Let’s not express it for now. Wang Daxia slashed at the Eight-Nation Allied Forces foreign devils, and was willing to be killed in order not to harm more than a hundred men, women, and children. This narrow-mindedness is really touching, and he is worthy of being called a great hero. However, the sword he used has long been lost in the world.
After all, the sword is domineering, but a gentleman pays attention to being as gentle as jade. Although Brother Guan and Wang Wu are worthy of being great chivalrous men, they have a bit of murderous intent and are not so thorough in discussing and studying. And when he uses the sword, he is mostly charging on the battlefield. This may be the two fates of knives and swords: knives are used for fighting on the battlefield, and swords are used for private contests.
After all, swords are something that ordinary people can hold, and things are rare and valuable. And judging from its appearance, in the East, which pays attention to symmetrical aesthetics, it is bound to be inferior to swords. This may be another reason why knives are not favored by those noble people.
But there is such an ugly but overbearing knife that most people have - the kitchen knife. It is said to be overbearing because it can hold everyone's stomach tightly. Those so-called I am afraid that even the most distinguished people cannot stay away from it.
An excellent delicacy is inseparable from its appearance, but if the presentation is better, it is also inseparable from the knife and knife skills used to cut the vegetables. Cut into sections, cubes, slices, shreds, strips, dices, dices... This is another world, as deep as the sea.
Although the kitchen knife is domineering, the bottom of the knife can breed tenderness. After a busy day, lying on the sofa, the sound of the collision of kitchen knives and chopping boards comes from the kitchen, how wonderful it is.
People often say that a sword is double-edged, but a sword has two sides: it can kill innocent people, and it can also kill enemies in battle. Anyone who wields a sword must remember: if your heart is cold, the sword will be covered with hot blood.
Why do heroes prefer swords?
When walking in the world, especially in the world of Jin Yong’s "Snow falls in the sky and shoots white deer, and the laughing book hero relies on the blue mandarin duck", whether it is a big hero The hero is still an unknown person. It is very shameful not to have a decent sword. It is almost embarrassing to say hello to others. However, it seems that Linghu Chong, who is praised by many as the representative swordsman, does not have a special sword. You don't have to feel sorry. Not having a special sword makes it more obvious that your leader Linghu has become one with a sword. It can be used with any plant, wood, bamboo or stone. It's a sword, and this is precisely the essence of "Dugu Nine Swords".
Why do heroes prefer swords? This has to start from when heroes were still naughty kids.
——The sword body is beautiful and elegant.
There is a popular saying nowadays, "This is a society that values ??appearance." Many people must have tasted the ups and downs contained in these eight simple words.
In fact, the first impression of anything, including people, is extremely important. Without and impossible to understand it in depth, others can only judge it based on its external image and temperament.
In the East, which pays attention to symmetrical aesthetics, swords will undoubtedly stand out among other weapons. It is simple, generous, elegant, and can kill with a fatal blow at the critical moment, truly hiding the skill behind the clumsy.
When the heroes were still naughty children, when the naughty children took over the sword from their elders for the first time, they would definitely not refuse. In that arena where there were no Transformers or Spider-Man, he definitely didn't want to refuse, because when they stood at the top of the sunset building and saw the ease and ease with which their respected elders danced swords, their hearts were already full. The vision of Transformers and Spider-Man.
——It’s easy to get started with swordsmanship.
In any technology, if the entry threshold is too high, it will naturally be difficult to find good friends. On the contrary, the threshold for learning swordsmanship is too low. As long as you are walking in the world, no matter you are a member of the Giant Whale Gang or the Wudang Clan, any sect that can put up a business will teach you some swordsmanship for self-defense in the world. . Just like any training school now offers a "Master Java in 21 Days" course, the lower the threshold, the more people will come in. When there are more people, heroes will appear with a certain probability.
——Diverse swordsmanship routes.
It is not enough to attract many people to learn swordsmanship simply by getting started. These self-defense swordsmanship are only the foundation of the basics, and there must be subsequent specialization in the art. Just like the Chinese, mathematics, and physics we study in high school, they are just solid foundations. Do you want to become a great scholar or a great scholar with just this knowledge? There is a long way to go! At this time, the effect of the university will be revealed: it will divert everyone to Each school has various majors in order to make the best use of materials and talents.
In the world of swordsmanship, there are naturally different universities with different majors:
1. Huashan School is a good comprehensive university, and its majors are divided into sword sect and air sect. The sword sect emphasizes sword moves, while the qi sect emphasizes qi as the main component and the sword as a supplement. Later, there was a fierce fight under the leadership of the two department heads, and everyone knew what happened next. Feng Qingyang, the leader of the Sword Sect, never cares about worldly affairs, but unexpectedly meets Linghu Chong, a naughty kid who specializes in the Air Sect.
2. The Hengshan Sect is a girls' school, so the swordsmanship is naturally mostly defensive. It is more dense than sharp, but it often kills prominently in the most unexpected places.
3. The Songshan School is a polytechnic school that emphasizes vigor and diligence. The Songshan Swordsmanship is the best in the 17th level, and its momentum is as powerful as a spear and a halberd, spanning thousands of miles.
You see, there are too many places to learn swordsmanship in Jianghu, and the development routes are rich and colorful, so when heroes are still naughty children, their parents will send them to different schools to learn different skills. Major, Guo Jing sent Yang Guo to the Quanzhen Sect, but Yang Guo couldn't adapt to college life, so he transferred to the Ancient Tomb Private School for this reason.
——Learning swordsmanship has unlimited future.
Before learning anything, many people will ask: "Is there a future in learning this?" Just like looking for a job during graduation season, many students often ask, "Is there much room for development in this job in the future?" Of course, when learning swordsmanship, one must also ask: Is there a future?
Nowadays, the streets are full of Jack Ma Yun’s quotations, but in the past, there was a legend about the sword demon seeking defeat alone. I was so impressed that I fell to the ground with admiration, which perfectly explained the four realms of sword training. It must be the Bible in the heart of every sword practitioner:
1. Sharp sword, fierce and fierce, invincible, use it to fight against the weak. The heroes of Heshuo compete for power.
2. The Ziwei soft sword was used before the age of thirty. It accidentally injured a righteous man and was unlucky, so it was abandoned in a deep valley.
3. The dark iron epee is an epee without an edge, and it is ingenious but not workmanlike. Before the age of forty, he relied on it to dominate the world.
4. Wooden swords, after the age of forty, are no longer stale. Any wood, bamboo or stone can be used as a sword. From then on, he practiced intensively and gradually reached the point where no sword is better than a sword.
Is there a future if we continue to develop along this path? Of course there is:
After more than thirty years in the rivers and lakes, killing all the enemies and traitors, defeating all the heroes, there is no one in the world. He had no choice but to live in seclusion in a deep valley, with the eagle as his friend. Alas, if you can't find a rival in your life, you will be lonely and embarrassed.
Not to mention the level of cultivation of Dugu Daxia, Yang Guo understood the secret of the black iron heavy sword, and after leaving the valley, he would never meet an opponent in the world. Linghu Chong learned a few tricks of Dugu Nine Swords, and he rose from a third-rate swordsman to a top-notch swordsman in the world. These are naked examples of success in sword practice and then going to the Nasdaq to ring the bell, which will naturally inspire generations of young talents.
——The sword represents a kind of spirit
The above points alone are not enough to make some noble people carry swords. After all, for them, the so-called fortune telling, Regardless of the so-called future, it is just a passing cloud. The most important reason why they have completely fallen into sword fans is that the sword represents a spirit that other weapons do not possess.
I wonder if you have noticed that as long as it is a normal sword, it is straight and never bent. This straight line is a proud character who will not bow down for five buckets of rice. This straight line, like bamboo, is a tall and straight tree that "remains strong despite being struck by the winds of east, west, north and south." Because of this, the bamboo forest in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" The sword fighting scene was so beautiful and elegant.
And this tough and upright pride is the essence of the sword. This is probably the fundamental reason why those naughty kids still prefer swords after they grow up to be heroes.