In this Book
- Chinese Archery
- Book
- 2000
- Published by: Hong Kong University Press, HKU
summary
The book is written around parallel text translations of classical chinese sources some famous and some little known in which Chinese writers give vivid and detailed explanations of the techniques of bow-building, archery and crossbow technique over the centuries.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgements
- pp. xi-xii
- 2 The Legendary Archer Heroes
- pp. 9-26
- 3 The Archer's Magic
- pp. 27-46
- 4 The Archers' Rituals
- pp. 47-68
- 5 The Confucian Ideal
- pp. 69-86
- 6 Bows, Arrows and Targets
- pp. 87-116
- 7 Fact, Fiction and Stranger Yet
- pp. 117-152
- 8 The Crossbow and Other Forms
- pp. 153-190
- 9 China's Middle Ages
- pp. 191-228
- 10 China Shared
- pp. 229-256
- 11 Action and Overreaction: The Ming Dynasty
- pp. 257-314
- 12 The Transition from Ming to Qing
- pp. 315-358
- 13 The Final Years
- pp. 359-388
- 14 Epilogue
- pp. 389-398
- 15 Bibliography
- pp. 399-410
Additional Information
ISBN
9789882200661
Related ISBN(s)
9789622095014
MARC Record
OCLC
652743780
Pages
444
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
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