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

出版	Cambridge University Press, 1995-03-09
主題	Technology & Engineering / HistoryScience / History
ISBN	052132727X9780521327275
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=IrXY0AEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋Science and Civilisation in China Volume V Part 6 is the first of the three parts dealing with the arts of war in ancient and medieval China. (Part 7--on gunpowder and all aspects of explosive weapons--has already been published, while Part 8--on cavalry techniques and signaling--is still in preparation.) The present volume opens with an introduction on Chinese attitudes to warfare in general. Four major sections follow: on the making and use of simple bows; on the crossbow, the standard weapon of the Han armies, and its introduction to the Western world; on the pre-gunpowder forms of artillery, including the invention of the trebuchet; and on the art of siege warfare in which the Mohists were particularly interested. There is a good deal of material on siege-warfare available, and this final section is a substantial one, covering all aspects in detail.