Treatise on Armament Technology, Volume 63
武備志(六十三)
Chinese
Various scholars (attributed to Duke of Zhou) c. 3rd century BCE · published 1621
88 pages
AstrologyChinese ClassicsChinese AstrologyChinese Divination CosmologyEast AsiaChinese TechnologyChinese Military Technology
First Complete Translation
Only partial translations or excerpts exist. This is the first complete English translation.
The 'Wubeizhi' (Treatise on Armament Technology) is a massive 240-volume military encyclopedia from the Ming Dynasty. While Volume 63, which focuses on firearms (Huoji), has been extensively studied and excerpted in major scholarly works such as Joseph Needham's 'Science and Civilisation in China' and Tonio Andrade's 'The Gunpowder Age', no standalone complete English translation of this specific volume exists in the searched catalogs. This work represents the first complete translation of this specific volume into English.
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Before the first arrow is notched, the fate of the empire is written across the sun. This volume of Mao Yuanyi’s legendary military compendium decodes the terrifying language of solar halos and atmospheric vapors, transforming the sky into a tactical map for survival. Discover how Ming Dynasty commanders predicted rebellions, floods, and the fall of kings by simply looking up.
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ears: "er," also known as parhelia or "sun dogs," bright spots appearing on either side of the sunp. 57, p. 58
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