In 484 BCE, the King of Yue, Goujian (越王勾踐), scoured his land to find the best swordsman to instruct his army in the art of swordfighting. He did not expect that the instructor would be a woman.
The Maiden of Yue, or Yuenü (越女), might be the first swordswoman to be recorded in history. But did she really exist? Let’s look at some arguments for and against it.
I took some creative liberties with my word choices when I translated the principle of her techniques, to fit the context of the passage. You can find the original passage of her describing the principles of the Sword of the Yue Maiden here: ctext.org/dictionary.pl?if=en...
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