Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Military Equipment

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The 'Sancai Tuhui' is a massive Ming dynasty encyclopedia that has never been translated into English in its entirety. While the 'Military Equipment' (Wubei/Qiyong) section is a standard reference in sinology and has been frequently excerpted and cited in scholarly works—most notably in Joseph Needham's 'Science and Civilisation in China' and Stephen Selby's 'Chinese Archery'—these citations do not constitute a published translation of the work itself. No record of a standalone English translation for this section or the full work was found in any of the searched catalogs.

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