Ua ʻike ʻia ka moena peʻe mua loa i ka wā o Warring States. Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia kona ʻano i ʻekolu mau ʻāpana: kahi moe, kahi moe a me kahi pahu moena. Hiki ke hoʻopili ʻia kēlā moena, a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka lōʻihi a me ka laulā o ka moena ma hope o ka pelu ʻana. ʻO ka mea maʻamau ka lāʻau paʻa.
Mawaena o na Emepera o na ohana a pau ma Kina, elua mau emepera kamana okoa, ua hiki i ka piko o ka hana kamana a lilo i ka diabolo. ʻO kekahi ʻo Emperor Yuanshun, he kanaka momona i hiki ke hoʻolālā i kāna waʻa deragona nunui, a ua kipaku ʻia ʻo ia mai ka Central Plains e Zhu Yuanzhang; ʻO ka mea ʻē aʻe he keiki ponoʻī a Zhu Yuanzhang, ʻo ka "Kamana akamai" o mingxizong, ʻo Zhu Youxiao, ʻo ia ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu a hana i ka moena peʻe mua ma ka mōʻaukala.
ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona o ka moena pelu e lawe mai i ka maʻalahi i ke ola o nā kānaka. Hōʻike ʻia ia e ka hana kanaka nui, hiki ke moe i lalo a noho i luna, a maʻalahi loa no ka mālama ʻana a me ka lawelawe ʻana
