Weapon
Sanjian Liangrendao 三尖兩刃刀
About this item
The Sanjian Liangrendao is, as its name says, a "blade with three points and two edges", a weapon wielded in the Romance by a general on Cao Cao's side. In Chapter 41 of the Romance, as Zhao Yun, cutting his way through the battlefield at Changban, mounts his horse after Lady Mi's death with the infant A Dou held in his arms, Yan Ming, a subordinate general of Cao Hong, comes up leading a band of foot soldiers and attacks him wielding this blade. Before three bouts are over, Yan Ming is run through by Zhao Yun's spear and falls. Romance, Ch. 41 §44 · 55–57
The Romance mentions this blade in only one place, in Chapter 41. Zhao Yun's biography in Chen Shou's text says only that when Liu Bei was pursued at Changban in Dangyang, Zhao Yun carried the infant Later Sovereign in his arms and protected Lady Gan, so that all escaped harm; neither Yan Ming nor this blade appears. Romance, Ch. 41 §57Records, Shu 6 §39
In the Romance
In Chapter 41 of the Romance, Zhao Yun rides toward Changban Slope seeking news of the two ladies and finds the badly wounded Lady Mi, whom he repeatedly urges to mount his horse. Lady Mi entrusts A Dou to Zhao Yun and throws herself into a dry well, and Zhao Yun, fearing that Cao Cao's soldiers might steal her body, pushes over an earthen wall to cover the well. Romance, Ch. 41 §44 · 54–56
When Zhao Yun has undone the cords of his armour, lowered his breast mirror, wrapped A Dou against his chest and mounted with his spear in hand, Yan Ming, a subordinate general of Cao Hong, arrives leading a band of foot soldiers and attacks with a Sanjian Liangrendao. Before three bouts are over, Yan Ming is run through by Zhao Yun's spear and falls, and Zhao Yun scatters the soldiers and cuts open a path. Soon afterwards, after fighting some ten bouts with Zhang He, who blocks his way, Zhao Yun flees and falls into an earthen pit. Romance, Ch. 41 §57–58
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Ownership history
| Owner | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Yan Ming | 208 | Romance 「乃曹洪部將晏明也，持三尖兩刃刀來戰趙雲」 |
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