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    The Wubei Zhi (Chinese: 武備志; Treatise on Armament Technology or Records of Armaments and Military Provisions), also commonly known by its Japanese translated...
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    of naval warfare, were written during the Ming period, including the Wubei Zhi and Jixiao Xinshu. Additionally, shipwrecks have been excavated in the...
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    An illustration of fire arrow launchers as depicted in the Wubei Zhi (17th century). The launcher is constructed using basketry....
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    A fire arrow from the Wubei Zhi Depiction of fire arrows known as "divine engine arrows" (shen ji jian 神機箭) from the Wubei Zhi. Depiction of a stationary...
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    in the Wubei Zhi (1621). The launcher is constructed using basketry. A "charging leopard pack" arrow rocket launcher as depicted in the Wubei Zhi. A "nest...
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    in the Wubei Zhi. The launcher is constructed using basketry. A "long serpent enemy breaking" fire arrow launcher as depicted in the Wubei Zhi. It carries...
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    Wubei Zhi [武備志] (1628) preserves the Mao Kun map [茅坤圖], which is largely based on material from the voyages. Li Zhaoxiang's Longjiang Chuanchang Zhi [龍江船廠志;...
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    Rocket carts from the Wubei Zhi...
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    during the 19th and 20th centuries, the Bubishi (Chinese: 武備志; pinyin: Wǔbèi Zhì). Gō, which means hard, refers to closed hand techniques or straight linear...
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    of navigation charts published in the Ming dynasty military treatise Wubei Zhi. The book was compiled by Mao Yuanyi [zh] in 1621 and published in 1628;...
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