Wubei Zhi (Vol. 48)
武備志(四十八)
Chinese
1621
105 pages
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No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
The 'Wubei Zhi' (Treatise on Armament Technology) is a massive 240-volume military compendium from the Ming Dynasty. While specific sections, such as the 'Mao Kun' navigation maps (Chapter 240) or certain martial arts passages, have been studied and excerpted in scholarly works (e.g., by Meir Shahar or J.V.G. Mills), no complete English translation of the entire work or of Volume 48 exists. Search results only show scholarly citations and references in historical studies.
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Mao Yuanyi’s Wubei Zhi, Volume 48, serves as a brutal, pragmatic manual for surviving a siege. Readers will discover the grim mechanical genius behind defending city walls against massed infantry and battering rams.
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