Treatise on Military Preparation: Coastal Defense of Zhejiang
武備志(九十五)
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The 'Wubei Zhi' (Treatise on Military Preparation) is a massive 240-volume military encyclopedia compiled by Mao Yuanyi in 1621. While specific components of the work, such as the 'Mao Kun Map' (Volume 240) and certain technical passages on gunpowder, have been translated or analyzed in scholarly works (e.g., by J.V.G. Mills and Joseph Needham), no English translation of the entire encyclopedia or this specific section regarding the coastal defense of Zhejiang (Volume 215) exists. Catalog searches in Google Books, Open Library, and scholarly databases confirmed that no standalone or complete translation of this text has been published.
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Step into the front lines of the Ming Dynasty’s desperate struggle against the Wokou pirate incursions in this masterclass of strategic geography. Mao Yuanyi’s detailed survey reveals how a superpower mapped its vulnerabilities, identifying the 'throats' and 'keys' of a coastline where the open sea led straight to the enemy's doorstep.
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