Knight-errant versus samurai The Chinese knight-errant tradition, which combines chivalry with Confucianism, requires that the knight-errant-equally versed in the civil and military arts-adhere to both the warrior code and the principle of magnanimity. Here, too, the symbolism of the jian makes it exactly the right weapon for the knight-errant.
在俠、儒合一的傳統下，允文允武的俠客們必須謹守武德，講求恕道，此時，劍更成為大俠們的最佳選擇。