The “jian” or straight sword that Supreme Master Wang gave to Grandmaster Huang as a formal symbol of Huang’s status as a disciple. It is important to note that other students of Supreme Master Wang received swords, however, only Huang’s sword contains carvings by Supreme Master Wang stating that he is a 64th Generation disciple.
Below is a rubbing of the carving made by Supreme Master Wang on the sword he gave to Grandmaster Huang, stating that Huang is a 64th generation disciple of Tien Shan Pai. Because he was the only formal disciple of Tien Shan Pai upon Wang’s passing, Huang thus became the Grandmaster of Tien Shan Pai after his teacher’s death.
On the carving, Wang also acknowledges his own position as the 63rd generation Grandmaster. The rest of the inscription was derived from an old Han poem.
