The Shutong Staff is Xiong Kuohai’s signature weapon in the Sui–Tang heroic tradition. Its established proper name and strong character association distinguish it from a generic staff or cudgel.
The Chinese name Shutong Gun identifies the worked-copper weapon carried by Xiong Kuohai. This Subject preserves Shutong as a proper-name element rather than flattening the weapon into an ordinary iron staff.
This Object belongs to Xiong Kuohai’s literary identity. Other staffs, rods, cudgels, and copper weapons remain separate canonical objects unless their own proper names and character bindings are independently established.
