Joseph Needham, Robin D S Yates

Science and Civilisation in China, Part 6, Military Technology: Missiles and Sieges

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Produktbeschreibung

'The width of his view, the range of his reading, and the penetration of his mind compel the utmost respect for his treatment and his conclusions. It is a book which is bound to modify all subsequent histories of Chinese thought and indeed the histories of thought the world around.' - L. Carrington Goodrich in Far Eastern Survey (New York).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 620
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 253mm x 197mm x 45mm
• Gewicht: 1497g
• ISBN-13: 9780521327275
• ISBN-10: 052132727X
• Artikelnr.: 21798055

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Military Technology: (a) Introduction
(b) Chinese Literature on the Art of War Krysztof Gawlikowski
1. The military theoreticians
2. The military encyclopaedists
3. Basic concepts of the classical Chinese theory of war
general principles of action
4. Combat and competition
5. Other components of the classical Chinese theory of war
6. The main controversies within Chinese military thought
(c) Distinctive Features of Chinese Military Thought: 1. Reasons for its perennial vitality
2. A syncretistic tradition
the non-military approach to war and the duties of soldiers
3. The great popularity of military thought among the people
4. Military thought in civil life
5. The place of the military element (wu) in the Chinese world order
(d) Projectile Weapons: I. Archery (with Edward McEwen): 1. The bow
2. The crossbow
3. The social role of the bow and crossbow
Part II. Ballistic Machinery: (with Wang Ling)
4. Spring, sinew, sling and swape
definitions and distribution
5. Forms of the arcuballista
6. Trebuchets, manned and counterweighted
7. Distribution and diffusion
(e) Early Poliorcetics: the Mohists to the Sung Robin D. S. Yates: 1. Early cities
2. The twelve types of attack
Bibliographies.