"The first place in China where swords were made was Zhe-jiang," says Chen, who normally speaks nothing but Taiwanese dialect. Yuchang and Zhanlu were owned by the King of Yue, whose capital was at Shaoxing; Longquan, where they were made, is also in Zhejiang.
「中國最早造劍的地方是浙江」，平日台語不離口的陳朝波表示，春秋時代的名劍魚腸、湛盧，就是越王所有；鑄劍之地龍泉便在浙江。