【双语】你好！中国 | 双截棍到底是谁发明的？

双节棍其实是宋太祖赵匡胤发明的！当时的赵国胤还是五代中后周的一名高级军队将领，在一次大战中，他手中的齐眉棍前端被砍断，顿时处于下风，于是便下令收兵。武器被斩断的赵匡胤很苦恼。

The nunchaku was actually invented by Zhao Kuangyin, the First Emperor of the Song Dynasty! At the time, Zhao Kuangyin was a senior military commander of the Later Zhou dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. In a major battle, the front end of his Qimei stick was chopped off, putting him at a disadvantage, so he ordered his troops to retreat. Zhao Kuangyin was distraught over his broken weapon.

一天，他发现自己的三个土兵和一个农民在打架，农民手拿连枷，面对三个土兵丝毫不畏惧，而士兵手拿长枪，并且是三打一，但是丝毫占不到任何便宜。这给了赵匡胤灵感，于是他把被砍断的齐眉棍拿到铁匠铺，让铁匠把一长一短两截木棍按照连枷的样式用铁环连在一起。

One day, he noticed three of his soldiers and a peasant fighting. The peasant, armed with a flail, faced three soldiers without fear, while the soldiers, armed with long spears, were outnumbered but gained no advantage. This gave Zhao Kuangyin inspiration. He took the broken Qimei stick to a blacksmith's shop and had the blacksmith join a long and a short piece of wood with iron rings, similar to the design of a flail.

赵匡胤将这个改造的新武器命名为盘龙棍。敌军来攻城，赵匡胤一举拿下胜利，从此，盘龙棍便在武林中流传开来，习武之人参照盘龙棍的原理，制造出了适用于近身短打的“三节棍”与“双节棍”。

Zhao Kuangyin named this modified weapon the Panlong stick. When the enemy attacked the city, Zhao Kuangyin secured victory with the Panlong stick. Since then, the Panlong stick spread in the martial arts world. Martial artists, inspired by the principles of the Panlong stick, created the "Sanjiegun (Three-section staff)" and "Nunchaku" suitable for close combat.

责编：勾晓庆