page_title: Jian (sword breaker)
hierarchical_section_title: Jian (sword breaker)
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Цепы и железная дубинка тье цзянь.English: Flails and tie jian.
context_page_description: The Jiǎn, also known as Chinese swordbreaker, is a type of quad-edged straight mace or club specifically designed to break weapons with sharp edges. The traditional Chinese weapons has a rectangular cross section with sharp corners, making it ideal to focus on damaging other weapons with brutal impact.
context_section_description: The Jiǎn (simplified Chinese: 锏; traditional Chinese: 鐧; pinyin: Jiǎn), also known as Chinese swordbreaker, is a type of quad-edged straight mace or club specifically designed to break weapons with sharp edges. The traditional Chinese weapons has a rectangular (occasionally hollow ground) cross section with sharp corners, making it ideal to focus on damaging other weapons with brutal impact.
caption: Jiǎn (middle) depicted in Chinese military compendium Wujing Zongyao
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