Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms (Vol. 79)

Only partial translations or excerpts exist. This is the first complete English translation.

Extensive searches of scholarly and library catalogs (UNESCO Index Translationum, Open Library, Google Books) found no record of a complete English translation for the 'Sancai Tuhui' or its 79th volume. While academic sources such as Stephen Selby's 'Chinese Archery' (2000) and Joseph Needham's 'Science and Civilisation in China' are known to feature translated excerpts and illustrations from this Ming Dynasty encyclopedia, these are partial treatments within broader thematic studies rather than a complete translation of the specific volume.

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