Cheng's story of three axes originated from.
Cheng is a character in "Tang Shuo". His martial arts are mediocre, but he has experienced ups and downs and legendary stories. In his early years, his family was poor, selling harrows and smuggling salt. He once worshipped his brothers with You Junda, and with the help of You Junda, he learned three tricks and a half. Because he was too strong and lost money, he robbed the emperor's bar, and since then he has stepped into the circle of right and wrong and become a middleman in the rivers and lakes.
Cheng can play three axes, which is said to be taught by the gods. At that time, You Junda wanted to take advantage of Cheng, so he wanted to teach him martial arts. He didn't know that Cheng was born stupid and stubborn, and he couldn't teach him. Cheng himself is very upset.
In the middle of the night, he was suddenly called into the yard by an old man with a white face. He made a horse with a bench and a mountain axe with a stick in his hand, and then he learned the 8864 road. When I became braver and braver, I was just found by You Junda who got up at night to wash her hands. It was a great cry, and as a result, it awakened Cheng's dream. At this time, Cheng woke up and couldn't remember other tricks, only remembering the three axes.
The first axe: beheading-chop from top to bottom with an axe. Regardless of whether the opponent attacks or not, Cheng is desperate, because he only knows these three axes, but the opponent often makes a mess.
The second axe: the ghost picks his teeth-when the opponent parries with a horizontal weapon, he closes the axe and offers it to attack the opponent's face. Because it is fast, opponents usually use iron bridges to avoid it.
The third axe: pull out the ear-when two horses cross, turn around and sweep. Because the opponent's previous move is the iron bridge (martial arts rescue trick, usually hidden weapons comes too fast to escape, so he has to bend back suddenly), so it is difficult to dodge, so this three-plank axe is very powerful.
These three actions, because of their fierceness, made them famous heroes at that time. At that time, the so-called "Three Axes Grab the Emperor's Bar and Three Axes Set Tiles" became a malicious role.
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The real weapon in the history of Cheng
In fact, many stories about "Cheng Sanban Axe" are romantic, not official, and many plots are fictional or exaggerated. When the real Cheng was killed halfway in the official history, the weapon in his hand was actually not an axe at all, but another of the eighteen weapons.
Later, seventy-two records in Shao's Biography of Cheng Zhijie recorded: "His real name is also Dong 'e and Jeju. Don't try to be brave, make good use of the stable. Ouyang Xiu and Song Qi's Book of the New Tang Dynasty (volume 103) and Biography of Cheng Zhijie recorded: "Good Horse".
As for how Cheng used this weapon, there is no detailed record in historical materials, but he recorded the process of being injured, "pricked", broken needle and saving people from danger in battle.
However, neither Old Tang Shu nor New Tang Shu mentioned Cheng's use of an axe. A few old and new words are enough to prove that Cheng's handy weapon on the battlefield is actually a hairpin, not an axe.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Cheng San Banfu