The Cudgel - Trượng is a term for refering to two categories :

       1 - The category of Cudgel - Trượng (杖), whom the name is writen in Hán character with the Key « Wood - Mộc 木 » , is the one of Cudgel having Two similar Ends, comprising :
                - The Judicial Cudgel (Hình-Trượng - 刑 杖) is the Stick employed in punishments for hitting guilties according to One among Five Criminal Sentences :
               1. Suy (Torture by Flogging with the Judicial Whip ) ;
               2. Trượng (Torture by Beating with the Judicial Stick (Gậy - still called « Hèo ») ;
               3. Đồ (Conviction to execute hard works, as to clean up war elephants cages, etc.) ;
               4. Lưu (Exile into desert places) ;
               5. Tử (Killing ).

       2 - The category of Cudgel - Trượng (杖), whom the name is writen in Hán character with the Key « Man - Nhân 人 », is the one of Cudgel having Two Dissimilar Ends, still called Cudgel Bổng (棒), comprising :

                - The Ceremonial Cudgel - Nghi-Trượng (儀 仗) having an Armed End - usually that's the Halberd Blade, called « Khể Kích » (棨 戟) - used in the escort of noble Mandarins when they came out of palace. However, at LÊ Dynasty Period, the Blade of Antique Halberd was employed for the Ceremonial Cudgel and it was called « Ceremonial Halberd Qua Cudgel - Qua Nghi Trượng » (戈 儀 仗) that country population named « Owled Beak Halberd Cudgel - Qua Mỏ Cú ».

                As for the Ceremonial Cudgel (Nghi-Trượng 儀 仗) employed in Cultual Rites of Temples, it owns one end armed with Eight Precious Attributes (Bát Bữu 八寶 ) :

                While for those used in Imperial Court's Rites (during the Warrior Dance of Eight Ranks of Eight Mimes - Múa Bát-Dật) the Superior End of Ceremonial Cudgel curves at the bottom :

              - The Dhyana Cudgel - Thiền-Trượng (禪 仗) originated from India, called in Sanscrit « खक्खर Devanagari » (Khakkhara, “beggar's staff”): that's the Pilgrim's staff of Buddhist Monks, having an End designed according to several models whom two main models :

              A) - The Model with Shakra (called Universe Ring - Càn-Khôn Quyện) from Vietnamese Bouddhidst Monks :

              B) - The Model from Chinese Bouddhidst Monks, stylized - in six circles (symbolizing Six Karmic Transmigration Ways) curved according to Pelvic-Belt-shaped, or into Cloudflakes-shaped, etc. - and holding 12 metal rings (symbolizing Twelve Karmic Causal Relations). This cudgel became a Weapon truthly efficient in the hands of Superiors Monks having as name Perfume Cudgel (Phương-Trượng 芳 仗) dedicated to them during the investiture.

              C) - As for the Model of Staff in shaped Wooden Lath - as well erronemously called « Dhyana Cudgel - Thiền-Trượng (禪 仗) » in Việt-Nam - it is in reallity called in Japanese « kyosaku (or keisaku) Cảnh-Sách 警 策 (Waking up Staff) ». It is used in the pratice of ZaZen from RINZAI School in Japan for wakening up the Adept being in prey to the drowsy state.

              Later, as Buddhist Followers have only made researches on the Principle of Doctrine in order to preach, but they could not learn the Methodology of Dharma in view for practising the spiritual improvement, they have transformed this Cudgel « खक्खर Devanagari » (Khakkhara, “beggar's staff”) into a Ceremonial Cudgel like those in the Catholicism. Then after why, they have transformed this latter into a symbol for becoming the Holly Cudgel (Tích-Trượng 錫 仗) following the example of statuary imagery from Bodhisattva Kshtigharba.
              Finally with the time, they have been transformed this Holly Cudgel (Tích-Trượng 錫 仗) - a Stick of Trip for Bouddhist Monks setting out their food - into a Dharma Cudgel (Pháp-Trượng 法 仗) by using intellectual speculations for giving explanations of this Cudgel which are nothing to see with the Esoteric Science of Buddha Dharma from the Founder Çakyamûni Buddha.

              - The Dragon-Cudgel - Long-Trượng (龍 仗), having an End designed according to the Dragon-Head-shaped, used as Stick of Trip for Taoist Monks and Aristocratics. It's also a Weapon truthly dreadful in the hands of Martial Arts Experts.

                - The Wolf Teeth Cudgel - Lang-Nha-Trượng (狼 牙 仗), still called Cudgel Lang-Nha-Bổng (狼 牙 棒), having an End designed according to the Oblong-Club-shaped, raised of curved points, fluently in use under Lý Dynasty (1010~1225) and Song Dynasty - 960~1279) :

               - The Snake-Cudgel - Xà-Mâu-Trượng (蛇 矛 仗), having an curved End like the Cobra's neck, used as Stick of Trip for old men in Việt-Nam :

               - The Sun-Moon Cudgel - Nhật-Nguyệt-Trượng (日月仗), having an End designed according to the symbolic Sun-shaped, an End designed according to the symbolical Moon's-Quarter-shaped : 

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