Chinese art has a long and illustrious history that has spanned thousands of years. What scholars know about the tradition and lineage of Chinese art dates back to 10,000 BCE during the Stone Age. Chinese art was pursued by nobles and scholars, and every dynasty sought to preserve the art...
, and, having surveyed several centuries of historical development from the Warring States to the Qin-Han periods, he documents his all-encompassing view of sword culture in the Records, displaying its diverse aspects like so many antique treasures arrayed in the hall of Chinese martial studies. ...
a dragon and tiger fighting an epic battle. A well used Chinese idiom to describe equal rivals(often in sportsnowadays is "Dragonversus Tiger". In Chinese martial arts, "Dragon style" is used to describe stylesof fighting based more on understanding movement, while "Tiger style" is based...
, and, having surveyed several centuries of historical development from the Warring States to the Qin-Han periods, he documents his all-encompassing view of sword culture in the Records, displaying its diverse aspects like so many antique treasures arrayed in the hall of Chinese martial studies. ...
he documents his all-encompassing view of sword culture in theRecords, displaying its diverse aspects like so many antique treasures arrayed in the hall of Chinese martial studies. This allows us to inspect and appreciate China’s ancient sword culture up close and, through his descriptions, exper...