Treatise on Military Preparedness: Tang Dynasty Military Strategy
武備志(十六)
Chinese
1621
94 pages
First Complete Translation
Only partial translations or excerpts exist. This is the first complete English translation.
The 'Wubei Zhi' (Treatise on Military Preparedness) is a massive 240-juan military encyclopedia from the Ming Dynasty. While specific famous components—such as the Zheng He navigation charts (Juan 240) and various technical descriptions of gunpowder weapons—have been translated and studied by scholars like J.V.G. Mills and Joseph Needham, no complete English translation of the entire work or this specific volume on Tang Dynasty strategy (Juan 39) exists. Catalog searches in Open Library and local scholarly databases yielded no records for a full translation of the work or this specific treatise.
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How does an empire survive when its capitals have fallen and its generals are outnumbered ten to one? Step into the Tang Dynasty's most desperate hours to witness a masterclass in psychological warfare, innovative siegecraft, and the brutal costs of imperial recovery.
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