一摩尔根曾把铁的出现和铁器的发明看作是人类进入文明时代的重要标志之一，恩格斯在《家庭、私有制和国家的起源》中高度评价并吸取了这一观点，在他们看来，铁是人类文明的标志和进步的象征。而在中国古代的看法则与此完全相反，如老子认为：“兵者不祥之器”（《老子》... One Morgan once considered the emergence of iron and the invention of iron ware as one of the most important symbols of mankind’s entry into the civilized age. Engels spoke highly of and took this view in his view of “the origin of the family, private ownership and state” Iron is a symbol of human civilization and progress. In ancient China, on the contrary, the view of Lao Tzu is that “Weapon’s Occult” (“Laozi” ...