But despite the jian's retreat from the fields of battle, a number of factors-including its relative lightness, its less murderous appearance and the rarity of good ones-added to its luster in the eyes of civilians and writers. Stirring the wick During the militaristic Tang dynasty, numerous poets praised jian in their verse.
劍雖退出戰場，就因為造型佳、殺氣少、好劍難得等等原因，反在生活與文學中光大起來。醉裡挑燈看劍