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Author: Y.H. Teddy Sim
Date: 12 Dec 2018
Publisher: Springer Verlag, Singapore
Original Languages: English
Format: Paperback::277 pages
ISBN10: 9811350671
File name: The-Maritime-Defence-of-China-Ming-General-Qi-Jiguang-and-Beyond.pdf
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Qi Jiguang (November 12, 1528 January 17, 1588), courtesy name Yuanjing, art names Nantang and Mengzhu, posthumous name Wuyi, was a military general of the Ming dynasty. He is best known for leading the defense on the coastal regions against military forces. He is regarded as a hero in Chinese culture. This edited volume explores the larger maritime and security environment during and beyond the time of Chinese military general Qi Jiguang's enterprise. Booktopia has The Maritime Defence of China, Ming General Qi Jiguang and Beyond Y. H. Teddy Sim. Buy a discounted Hardcover of The Maritime Defence of This edited volume explores the larger maritime and security environment during and beyond the time of Chinese military general Qi Jiguang s enterprise. While serving as a historiography and biography of Qi Jiguang, the book also elaborates on the doctrinal applications of his ideas. Although largely responsible for the pacification of the wokou attacks of the late 1550s on the southeastern coast of China during the Jiajing reign (1522 1566) of the Ming dynasty, Hu Zongxian remains a figure overshadowed the more famous anti-wokou general Qi Jiguang in much of Ming historical narratives. :The Maritime Defence of China: Ming General Qi Jiguang and Beyond (9789811041624): Y.H. Teddy Sim: Books. Wang Zhi, art name Wufeng ( ), was a Chinese pirate lord of the 16th century, one of the chief named and known figures among the wokou pirates prevalent during the reign of the Jiajing Emperor.Originally a salt merchant, Wang Zhi turned to smuggling during the Ming dynasty's period of maritime prohibitions banning all private overseas trade, and eventually became the head of a pirate In the Ming, Qi Jiguang's successful and widely emulated military organization had gunners serving alongside bowmen, swordsmen, and spearmen in the same primary (squad-level) formations, and in the Qing Zeng Guofan's Hunan Army battalions combined newer and older weapons in the same way. The Maritime Defense of China: Ming General Qi Jiguang and Beyond significant gaps in the fields of Chinese maritime and military history. Qi Jiguang, courtesy name Yuanjing, art names Nantang and Mengzhu, posthumous name Wuyi, was a military general of the Ming dynasty. He is best known for leading the defense on the coastal regions against wokou pirate activities in the 16th century, as well as Zeng Guofan had no military experience. Being a classically educated official, he took his blueprint for the Xiang Army from the Ming general Qi Jiguang, who, because of the weakness of regular Ming troops, had decided to form his own "private" army to repel raiding Japanese pirates in the mid-16th century. Qi Jiguang's doctrine was based on Huangyaguan or Huangya Pass was once one of the most important fortresses along the Great Wall. It was originally constructed during the Northern Qi Dynasty (550-577 AD), but the wall we see today is a result of major renovations that took place in 1569, during the Ming Dynasty, under the supervision of the renowned general Qi Jiguang. In a general treatise, Qi Jiguang gives an overview of the situation along the southern coast and describes how troops can be trained to met the challenges the coastal defense is exposed to. The main enemy at this part of the empire were naval raids pirates, not Get this from a library! The maritime defence of China:Ming general Qi Jiguang and beyond. [Teddy Sim;] - This edited volume explores the larger maritime and security environment during and beyond the time of Chinese military general Qi Jiguang's enterprise. While serving as a historiography and The Qing dynasty (1636 1912) was established conquest and maintained armed force. The founding emperors personally organized and led the armies, and the continued cultural and political legitimacy of the dynasty depended on the ability to defend long periods of no significance? choosing Ming General Qi Jiguang and the maritime defence of China against raging coastal piracy as the dual foci, this edited volume put together Teddy Y.H. Sim and his team of multinational historians makes an important contribution towards shedding further light on the nature and Hu Zongxian (Chinese: November 4, 1512 November 25, 1565), courtesy name Ruzhen ( ) and art name Meilin ( ), was a Chinese general of the Ming dynasty who presided over the government's response to the wokou pirate raids during the reign of the Jiajing Emperor.As supreme commander, he was able to defeat Xu Hai's ( ) substantial raid in 1556 and capture the pirate

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