The swordsmiths who create them are today few and far between, but Chen Tien-yang keeps the craft alive with an all-consuming passion. He is so renowned for his skills, in fact, that all the presidential candidates in the 1996 campaign called on him to ask for swords reflective of their personal status and character.
鑄劍工藝師陳天陽即是箇中高手，而當年的幾位總統候選人，便是前去向他求取一把能與自己身份、性格相符的寶劍。