Treatise on Armament Technology: Illustrated Naval Firearms
武備志(五十七)
First Complete Translation
Only partial translations or excerpts exist. This is the first complete English translation.
The 'Wubei Zhi' (Treatise on Armament Technology) is a massive 240-volume military compendium from the Ming Dynasty. While specific chapters (such as the sword manual translated by Jack Chen in 2018) and significant technical excerpts (notably in Joseph Needham's 'Science and Civilisation in China') have been published in English, no complete translation of the entire work or its full section on naval firearms exists. This publication represents the first complete English translation of this specific technical material.
Related translations found:
Ancient Art of Chinese Long Straight Sword (Translation of the Straight Sword chapter in Wu Bei Zhi), trans. Jack Chen (2018) [partial] source
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Step into a world of 17th-century high-tech warfare where multi-stage rockets skim the waves and mechanical landmines 'overturn the earth.' Mao Yuanyi’s legendary manual reveals the Ming Dynasty’s most guarded secrets, from underwater mines to friction-based 'steel-wheel' ignition systems that turned the battlefield into a realm of 'divine' engineering.
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