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The Gujin daojian lu 古今刀劍錄 "On swords of ancient and modern times" is a description of swords in possession of historical persons. It is the oldest surviving Chinese book on antiques. It was written by the Liang period 梁 (502-557) scholar Tao Hongjing 陶弘景 who is otherwise known as a Daoist writer. The small books lists 40 different stories centering on the weapons of famous generals of all periods. The so-called preface (xu 序) covers swords in possession of kings and emperors through the ages, the other chapters deal with irregular states and dynasties. The order of some persons is not correct, and some are listed under the wrong dynastic name. The authorship of Tao Hongjing is also not sure.
The Gujin daojian lu is included in the collectanea Baichuan xuehai 百川學海 and Congshu jicheng 叢書集成. There is a modern publication by the Shanghai guji press 上海古籍出版社 in 1987.
Source: Zhao Hankun 趙含坤 (2005). Zhongguo leishu 中國類書, p. 13. Shijiazhuang: Hebei renmin chubanshe.
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序 Xu Preface [main part]
諸小國刀劍總在此 Zhu xiaoguo daojian zong zai ci Swords of all the smaller states are assembled here
2 吳將刀 Wu jiang dao Swords in possession of generals of the empire of Wu
3 蜀將刀 Shu jiang dao Swords in possession of generals of the empire of Shu
4 魏將刀 Wei jiang dao Swords in possession of generals of the empire of Wei
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Chinese literature according to the four-category system
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