马刀至迟在公元2世纪东汉后期已出现于中国,北朝以后在西北地区流行,但在元代之前一直未在中原普遍流行,元明清时期,受到蒙古和日本较大的影响,马刀才在中原流行起来。 Sabot no later than in the second half of the Eastern Han Dynasty has appeared in China, after the North dynasty in Northwest popularity, but before the Yuan Dynasty has not been popular in the Central Plains, during the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, Mongolia and Japan, a greater influence, Saber was Central Plains popular.