中国古代兵器有着非常灿烂的历史发展过程。它经历了原始社会、奴隶社会、封建社会,时间绵延60多万年。它的发展可分为四个阶段,即石兵器、青铜兵器、铁兵器和古代火器。《世本·作篇》说,蚩尤发明了“五——兵”。蚩尤是古史传说中一位神通广大的部落联盟首领,“五兵”则是中国古代对冷兵器的泛称。兵器起源于原始的生产工具, Ancient Chinese weapons have a very splendid historical development process. It has experienced primitive society, slave society, feudal society, time stretches more than 600000 years. Its development can be divided into four stages, namely stone weapons, bronze weapons, iron weapons and ancient firearms. Shi Ben Zuo Pian said that Chi You invented the “five-soldier.” Chiyou is a divine leader of the vast tribal alliances in ancient history and legends. The “Five Soldiers” is the generic term for the cold weapon in ancient China. Weapons originated in the original production tools,