Monday, April 16, 2012

Bronze System in Roman Age

Second, the transition type of the Han Dynasty bronze weapons intermediary between the length of bronze weapons, the so-called medium-sized bronze weapons. This type of medium-sized bronze weapons generally have the ax, ax long, long vertebral, symptoms, Shu, gallate, hook set and so on. Ax in the Han Dynasty are several kinds of meaning, the first Han dynasty inherited the pre - Qin has been a symbol of royal significance of the ax, the records of the chancery Mushi said: "The king left stick Huang Yue," Guo Hideko white disk, said: "tin ( gift) with the ax ". Tiger-shaped bronze are decorated with distinctive regional characteristics. "Book of North Song" says: "thanks to the ax and kill." Are ax represents and symbolizes power and status. "Book of the Later Han, bow Guo Chuan," it reads: "Yong Ping, Feng car, Du Wei Dou solid attack Hun Jidu Yu Qin Peng, Vice Peng Do not Tuen Noir to France cut people .... The emperor said: 'Jun Zheng, Captain unified in Christ, the Peng neither ax, can specifically kill almost?
"Han Dynasty Yue understanding the symbolism of power with the pre-Qin era, no. Secondly, the ax in the Han dynasty, refers to a class of instruments of torture. "Mandarin Lu language records, said:" Daxing hoplite, followed with the ax. "Shiming release soldiers: the ax to cut, see by key Qi fear." Whereby we can see the ax is used to the cut used in the Han Dynasty stone inscription on the reflect documented beheaded with the ax to. The antique bronze of Shang Dynasty are especially expensive.  "Han Ying cloth Biography" and "Han Wang Chuan said:" V ax quality Huainan City "and the" to undress V quality of the fact that the Han Dynasty in ax to cut sentence. The so-called quality, Zhi, "the Gongyang Zhao Gong twenty-five years," Ho Hsiu comment: Fuzhi (waist) cut the crime. Third, Yue Han Dynasty refers to the long ax a bronze weapons, have more detailed records in the portrait of stone in the Slips, Yinqueshan Han Dynasty, and Hebei area.
Vertebral what kind of bronze weapons? "Spring and Autumn Annals ? Jane" reads: "hoe to harrow white club, who can win the long Diao soldiers." Note by Gao said: "harrow, vertebral." Harrow refers to a wooden hammer, the Han Dynasty also appeared metal vertebra, and called it the hammer, such as Analysis of the Functions in the comment "urgent", said: "hammer iron-hammer, if this is known hammer can hit people, so the weapons from the Bronze of cases, Zhang used hit Qin, vice car, that this matter also. Some of the bronze shaped like a tiger. "this hammer is the iron vertebra. Mace is very similar to the sleeve hammer bronze weapons, "Huai Nan Zi", a book called "sleeve mace" the Reappraisal Note Explanation, said: "mace, small gallate, this popular call for the vertebral Sleeve mace, the officer can not hide being pregnant with sleeves. "
Shu Han Dynasty rod class of bronze weapons, without a blade. "The Book of Songs Bo Xi Mao transfer records, said:" Shu long Joji without the edge. "Zhou ? Secretary Ge shield" Zheng Xuan Note: Shu is a rod, and long to find (again) four feet. "Sleeping tiger Qin bamboo slips Legal Question and Answer, "it reads:" state off fighting with the owner, Bing Ren, Shu Ting, boxing refers to wounding, " Ya release ", said:" Shu, the rod. " release ? interpretation of soldiers ", said:" Shu Shu also .... some hit Die in the car, so special away from. " Shuo Wen Jie Zi Shu Ministry said: "Shu, the rod special people." Duan "Shuo Wen Jie Zi" Note: "special, broken rod special people, that in order to stick Geyuan its usefulness lies in order to cut off a pedestrian. Gallate, a similar Shu bronze weapons, Duan "Dictionary" Note: gallate, sticks, and folk characters. Gallate and bar was originally a thing, just called different. There are many bronze dragon in Shang Dynasty unearthed in a bird-shaped ceramic grinding rod.

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