Chinese archery / Stephen Selby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Selby, Stephen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archery--China.

Archery.

Bow and arrow--China.

Bow and arrow.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (445 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Chinese Archery is a broad view of traditional archery in China as seen through the eyes of historians, philosophers, poets, artists, novelists and strategists from 1500 BC until the present century. 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.

Contents:

Contents; Chinese Pronunciation Guide; Traditional Chinese Dynastic Time Chart; Acknowledgements; Preface; Plates; 1. Introduction; 2. The Legendary Archer Heroes; 3. The Archer's Magic; 4. The Archers' Rituals; 5. The Confucian Ideal; 6. Bows, Arrows and Targets; 7. Fact, Fiction and Stranger Yet; 8. The Crossbow and Other Forms; 9. China's Middle Ages; 10. China Shared; 11. Action and Overreaction: The Ming Dynasty; 12. The Transition from Ming to Qing; 13. The Final Years; 14. Epilogue; 15. Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [399]-409) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-70570-9

9786612705700

988-220-066-4

OCLC:

652743780