The bravos of the martial arts world also have long prized swords of distinction and many have lost their lives in pursuit of such weapons. Not surprisingly then, the sword is generally also the preferred weapon of the heroes of China's chivalric romances. The plot of the recent film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, for example, revolves around the martial artist Li Mu Bai's sword Green Destiny.
自古寶劍贈英雄，武俠小說中的第一男主角幾乎都以劍為主要武器，一把寶劍更是武林至寶，多少江湖豪傑為之喪命，電影《臥虎藏龍》就環繞在李慕白的青冥劍上發展。