Complete Book of Shaolin: Comprehensive Program for Physical, Emotional, Mental and Spiritual Development by Wong Kiew Kit

Author:Wong Kiew Kit
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Martial Arts, Individual Sports, Health, Fitness & Dieting, Sports & Outdoors
Publisher: Cosmos Internet
Published: 2012-05-03T12:00:00+00:00

Fig 16.8 Eighteen Weapons (Ming Dynasty)

Although the names of many weapons are the same in both the Song-Yuan list and the Ming list, their illustrations may be different. This is because there were different forms of the same weapon, or because the weapon might have evolved into another form.

In recent times during the Qing Dynasty (17th to 20th centuries), “eighteen weapons” were interpreted variously. One popular interpretation was to classify the “eighteen weapons” into nine long weapons and nine short weapons as follows, Fig 16.9:

1. qiang (spear); 2. ji (crescent-moon spear); 3. gun (staff); 4. yue (battle axe); 5. da-pa (trident); 6. da-dao (halberd); 7. chan (spade); 8. mao (lance); 9. sheng-biao (roped spear); 10. dao (scimitar), 11. jian (sword); 13. gou (hook-sword); 14. jian (rod); 15. bian (soft-whip); 16. guai (clutch); 17. chui (round hammer); 18. bi-shou (dagger).

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