Treatise on Military Preparedness (Vol. 101)
武備志(一百一)
Chinese
1621
98 pages
First Complete Translation
Only partial translations or excerpts exist. This is the first complete English translation.
The 'Wubei Zhi' (Military Preparation Manual) is a massive 240-chapter encyclopedia of Ming military technology and strategy. While no complete English translation of the entire work exists, numerous scholarly works found in search results, such as 'Chinese Archery Studies' and 'The Shaolin Monastery', translate and analyze specific sections related to martial arts, weaponry, and maritime history.
Related translations found:
Chinese Archery Studies: Theoretic and Historic Approaches to a Martial Discipline, trans. Hing Chao, Lianzhen Ma, Loretta Kim (Editors/Authors) (2023) [excerpts] source
The Shaolin Monastery: History, Religion, and the Chinese Martial Arts, trans. Meir Shahar (2008) [excerpts] source
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History, trans. John B. Hattendorf (Editor) (2007) [excerpts] source
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Step into the mind of a Ming Dynasty strategist as he maps the linguistic and military landscape of the empire's most dangerous frontiers. In this volume of the Wubei Zhi, Mao Yuanyi provides a fascinating intelligence dossier that blends polyglot dictionaries with ethnographic studies to secure the northern borders. Readers will discover how language, geography, and logistical infrastructure were wielded as tools of imperial survival against the Mongol and Jurchen tribes.
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Ming dynasty45p武備志30pMongolian language17pWubei Zhi16p華夷譯語15p
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