What is the meaning of Knight Seven Skills?

The seven skills of a knight refer to riding a horse, swimming, throwing a gun, fencing, hunting, playing chess and reciting poems. The first five items are necessary to cultivate a strong warrior. Playing chess is to cultivate the ability to be witty, calm, assess the situation and arrange offensive and defensive, while reciting poetry is to cultivate the ability to praise martial arts, be loyal to the monarch and flatter women.

Knight, or samurai, is a cavalry with formal military training in medieval Europe, which later evolved into an honorary title to represent a social class. In the present chaotic situation, both kings and nobles need some arms that have overwhelming advantages in the war, so they will carefully train some young people to become knights.

The identity of a knight is often not inherited, and its essence is different from that of a noble. In addition to obtaining fiefs like nobles, knights must also serve in the Lord's army and bring their own weapons and horses in wartime. It takes 14 years to train a boy to become a knight.

During this period, the trained boy first studied etiquette with the Lord's wife; After that, he will learn the "seven knights": swimming, javelin throwing, fencing, riding, hunting, chess and poetry, and work for the Lord or the knight who is responsible for training him. After becoming a knight, you should follow the "chivalrous spirit", such as loyalty to the king or Lord, protecting the church and women and children, weeding out the strong and helping the weak, and fighting bravely.

In chivalrous literature, chivalry is often a symbol of courage and loyalty. Every knight takes chivalry as the criterion and is the embodiment of a hero (not necessarily so). Chivalry in Europe is similar to that in Japan.