Translator: Pika

  Zu An couldn’t help but remember a legend. It was said that after Qin Shihuang unified the Central Plains, he gathered all of the weapons of his enemies in Xianyang, melted them down, and had them constructed into twelve humongous copper sculptures, each weighing over a thousand boulders. He placed these copper sculptures in his imperial court.

  In ancient China, copper and gold were used interchangeably, so copper sculptures were considered golden sculptures ..