Common
Chinese sword
Historically, Chinese swords are classified into two types, the jian and the dao. A Jian is a straight, double-edged sword mainly used for stabbing; the term has been commonly translated into the English language as a longsword. Meanwhile, a dao is a single-edged sword (mostly curved from the Song dynasty forward) mainly used for cutting, and the term has been translated as a saber or a "knife". Bronze jians appeared during the Western Zhou period and switched to the more durable wrought iron and steel during the late Warring States period. In modern times, the ceremonial commissioned officer's sword of the Chinese navy has been patterned after the traditional jian since 2008. In contemporary martial arts practice, the historical jian is most widely preserved as the unsharpened taijijian (commonly referred to in English as the tai chi sword), which typically uses a tempered semi flexible 2Cr13 stainless steel or spring steel blade weighing 590 to 630 grams (1.30 to 1.39 pounds) balanced...
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