This article introduces and translates an excavated text from the Juyan region here referred to as “Evaluating Swords.” Dating to the Han-Xin period, it instructs its reader on how make a general determination of the quality of steel swords based on a visual inspection. The introduction to the translation discusses the background of the text, its present condition, and the problems of orthography and usage that complicate its understanding. A transcription and additional textual and interpretive commentary accompany the English translation of the text.

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评剑：汉信时期的指南介绍与翻译

本文介绍并翻译了这里出土的聚延地区的一篇文字，称为《评剑》。汉新时期，它指导读者如何根据目测来判断钢剑的质量。译文导言讨论了文本的背景、现状以及影响其理解的正字法和用法问题。文本的英文翻译附有转录和附加的文本和解释性评论。