Later, says sword trader Wang Sheng-chi with infinite regret, "during the mainland's Great Leap Forward all the old weapons which had been handed down went into the backyard steel furnaces, and their high-quality steel was made into low-grade steel."
「尤其在中共大躍進時期，土法煉鋼，把流傳下來的古兵器都送進了熔爐，上等鋼反而煉成了劣質鋼」，專營中國古刀劍收藏買賣的細緻企業負責人王勝吉無限惋惜地說。