Reply to Small Sword Question by: Chinese Swords Guide
Hello Robert. Send a few photos of the sword to l2i3n9d5a6@gmail.com and I'll get back to this when I've seen it.
Mar 29, 2012 Rating
Small Sword by: Robert
I have a small sword that is stamped with X''''X on it.What would that be. Robert
Aug 06, 2011 Rating
Thanks by: Anonymous
Thanks Vincent. Your insights into the characters are very helpful.
Linda
Aug 06, 2011 Rating
caught my eyes by: Vincent
your picture caught my attention. I am a Chinese, Im not an expert in this area, u can still take some of my opinions into your consideration though.
"The 1st seems to be chi(4) "imperial order"..."
I cant see that 1st character, it seems so rusty and the high light totally blocked the vision. If that is "Chi", IMO that means your sword was given to a high-ranking officer as a symbol of an order from emperor himself and the decoration of it should be very beautiful and royal.
The 2nd, wrapped in "gate", there're too many characters wrapped in this kinda "gate", but in your situation, it could be "Feng"(phoenix) or "Shou"(Age,Life,birthday), u know, something that could relate to a royal concept.
The 3rd, yeh thaz "Long"(dragon), even a 3-year-old Chinese kid can tell this character, cant be wrong.
The 4th "Chun"(spring), No I dont think so, if it is "Chun", this kinda writing style called Oracle, it dates back to as far as 4800 years ago and could only be found on animal bones. Qing Dynasty was only few hundreds of years ago. so no way that is a "Chun" IMO. more like a "Xi"(tie,fasten,related,involve) to me, but it does not make any sense here.
Overall, I can not provide an absolute answer, here is a link that might help u:
http://www.chineseetymology.org/CharacterEtymology.aspx?characterInput=%E8%BB%8A&submitButton1=Etymology (this's an American Chinese etymology expert, try email him the picture)
and here's my email address for further discussion on that sword.
h_s_q123@hotmail.com
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