Weapon
Tiejili Guduo 鐵蒺藜骨朵
About this item
The Tiejili Guduo (Iron Caltrop Mace) is, in the Romance, the weapon wielded by the barbarian king Shamoke. Chapter 83 of the Romance describes Shamoke, leader of the band of Man troops that Gan Ning encounters in the Battle of Xiaoting, in which Liu Bei attacks Wu, as having a face red as if spattered with blood and bulging green eyes, wielding a Tiejili Guduo and carrying two bows at his waist. Gan Ning, unable to face his might, flees and is struck by Shamoke's arrow. Romance, Ch. 83 §13–14
The Romance mentions this weapon in only one place, in Chapter 83. Chen Shou's text records only that when Lu Xun attacked the Shu camps he beheaded the Hu king Shamoke and others, and does not record his weapon. Romance, Ch. 83 §13Records, Wu 13 §21
In the Romance
In Chapter 82 of the Romance, a spy reports to Sun Quan that Liu Bei is advancing by water and land together with the great army of his state and tens of thousands of barbarian troops under the Man king Shamoke. In Chapter 83, as the eight columns of Shu troops crush the Wu army, Gan Ning, who has been nursing an illness on his ship, hastily mounts his horse and runs into a band of Man troops. The Man troops all have loose hair and bare feet and use bows and crossbows, long spears, shields, swords and axes, and at their head the barbarian king Shamoke, wielding a Tiejili Guduo and carrying two bows at his waist, cuts an awesome figure. Romance, Ch. 82 §18Romance, Ch. 83 §13
Seeing how great their momentum is, Gan Ning dares not engage and flees, but he is struck in the head by an arrow shot by Shamoke and dies sitting under a great tree at Fuchikou. In Chapter 84, when the Shu army collapses, Shamoke flees alone on horseback, fights Zhou Tai for more than twenty bouts and is killed by him. Romance, Ch. 83 §14Romance, Ch. 84 §39
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Ownership history
| Owner | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Shamoke | 222 | Romance 「番王沙摩柯…使一個鐵蒺藜骨朵」 「章武二年春正月」 |
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