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武備志(五十一)
No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
Extensive searches across scholarly catalogs, Open Library, and Google Books for Mao Yuanyi's 'Wubizhi' (Treatise on Armament Technology) and its specific sections on river crossing logistics yielded no results for an English translation. While the work is a well-known military encyclopedia frequently cited in scholarly literature (such as by Joseph Needham), no record of a published English translation of this specific treatise or the complete work exists in the searched databases.
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Step into a world where ancient mysticism meets lethal engineering in Mao Yuanyi’s 'Wubei Zhi.' Discover how the Ming Dynasty mastered the elements—from constructing massive rafts out of 5,000 infantry spears to crafting 'Poison Dragon' gunpowder aligned with the stars.
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