Thejian (simplified Chinese:锏;traditional Chinese:鐧;pinyin:jiǎn) ortie tian (鐵鐧 or 鐵簡, lit. 'iron slip'), also known asChinese swordbreaker orChinese truncheon,[1] is a type of quad-edged straightmace orclub specifically designed to break weapons with sharp edges. The traditional Chinese weapon has a rectangular (occasionallyhollow ground) cross section with sharp corners, making it ideal to focus on damaging other weapons with brutal impact.[2][3]
Some variants end with a sharp tip. It was occasionally used as a throwing weapon, which gave rise to the idiom "sa shou jian (撒手鐧, lit. 'cast away jian')" that later corrupted into "sha shou jian (殺手鐧, lit. 'killing hand jian', also translated as 'assassin's mace')".[4]
Jian is functionally similar toChinese whip, a type of blunt weapons in tubular shapes.[1]
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