Gan Jiang (干將) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Gan Jiang as an artisan. This record brings together 2 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Gan Jiang	干將	Gan Jiang

Identity

Historicity: Legendary
Identification: Named
Sex: Uncertain

Roles

Artisan

Life and dates

Attested activity

Qualitative: legendary antiquity
Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:049:s0153

References in the histories

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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 49Volume 49 Biographies 41: Arts · 1 passage

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懷文云：「廣平郡南斡子城是干將鑄劍處，其土可以瑩刀。」 Huaiwen said, "The soil at Ganzi Castle south of Guangping, where Gan Jiang forged swords, can polish blades."

Book of Han, Chapter 75Volume 64b: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 2 · 1 passage

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及至巧冶鑄干將之樸，清水焠其鋒，越砥斂其咢，水斷蛟龍，陸剸犀革，忽若彗氾畫塗。 Hand that smith the rough ingot of a Gan Jiang blade, let him quench the edge in pure water and true the guard on a Yue whetstone, and the finished sword will slice dragons in the river and rhinoceros hide on land as easily as a comet streaks or a brush draws a line in wet plaster.