Samurai
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Summary
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Introductory readers interested in Japanese history and the samurai
- Readers who want to know the historical origins of samurai images in film and manga
- Those who enjoy military history and the evolution of social identity
- Readers hoping to correct pop-culture imagination with historical sources
Not a good fit for
- Readers expecting a technical manual of samurai swordsmanship and combat details
- Readers who only want fictional samurai stories and do not care about historical verification
- Readers with no concept at all of the periods from ancient Japan to the Edo period
Reading tips
- Read in chronological order—ancient, Warring States, Edo—to build a period framework before focusing on details.
- While reading, note samurai images from popular works and compare them with the historical facts in the book.
- Read alongside a Japanese historical timeline to avoid confusing the order of the Warring States and Edo periods.
- After finishing, revisit the introduction or conclusion to check whether your understanding of "the real samurai" has changed.
About the publisher
Founded in 1981, Guangdong Tourism Publishing House has long taken tourism and cultural tourism content as its main publishing focus, while extending into fields such as architecture, history, foreign literature, biography, and essays. Its books in the database show that it publishes scholarly and historical works such as Liang Sicheng's A History of Chinese Architecture and Chen Yuan's Examples of Taboo Names in History, as well as translations of foreign literature including Mishima Yukio's The Temple of the Golden Pavilion and Spring Snow and Chekhov's collected letters. It also offers biographies such as From Emperor to Citizen (latest complete edition), The Complete Biography of Zuo Zongtang, and Slightly Out of Focus: Robert Capa's World War II Memoir. Its author resources span architectural history, historiography, and literary translation, giving its list a character that balances cultural tourism reading with humanities and social science titles. As public information is limited, this summary is based only on the publishing directions reflected in the books in the database.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 英文版译者说明
- 序言
- 前言
- 1 当今日本：武士人人须知
- 我国的优越性
- 日本的历史
- 日本的大名与大名家纹
- 跪礼
- 日本的疆域
- 外国人一览
- 2 从侍到武士
- 你是真正的武士吗？
- 武士道：日本之魂
- 关于忠诚与复仇经常被问到的问题
- 九位堪称典范的武士
- 女武士：如何应对？
- 3 武士刀与武士的着装
- 武士刀
- 武士的着装
- 礼服以及如何不被礼服绊倒
- 头发以及何时应将头发放下
- 武士的铠甲及其举世无双的原因
- 穿上你的铠甲
- 选对头盔
- 配件：锦上添花
- 穿戴禁忌
- 4 武术：你有多强？
- 习武：一分耕耘，一分收获
- 剑斗术
- 长枪及其他长柄武器
- 骑射之术
- 手铳：一项前景可期的发明
- 赤手空拳：武士的最后一搏
- 全副武装时如何泅渡
- 5 武士的职责
- 牧民之道：为其树立榜样
- 严惩罪犯，防微杜渐
- 一些有用的刑罚
- 武士自身的行为
- 烟：坚决说不
- 6 八百万神明的国度
- 节日指南
- 鬼怪
- 朝圣之旅
- 7 德才兼备的武士
- 武士的必读书单
- 戏剧表演与感情细腻的武士
- 水墨画：怡情有益
- 蹴鞠：优雅的游戏
- 下棋
- 园艺：怎样让石块物尽其用
- 茶会
- 8 如何指挥军队
- 简单三步，征召一支军队
- 指挥军队：人员分工
- 善用出身低微者
- 如何使用铁炮
- 长枪足轻队——每名将领的噩梦
- 招募士兵：重数量还是质量？
- 9 战场上的武士
- 出征
- 行军
- 布阵
- 准确传达命令，避免令人厌烦的沟通问题
- 在过去的一千年里，战争有哪些变化
- 八场著名的战役，以及我们能学到什么
- 关于战场规矩的常见问题与答案
- 硝烟背后
- 高贵武士的战斗术
- 10 城与攻城
- 守城须知
- 如何攻城
- 攻城武器的使用技巧
- 海战：海贼或是专门人士？
- 11 战争之后
- 我们应该如何处置战败的敌人？
- 检验首级
- 切勿忽视战争结束后的仪式
- 12 旧时代与死亡
- 旧时代的武士
- 前往黄泉与先祖相会
- 十四种自戕的方式
- 身后之事
- 恶鬼及收服之法
- 后记
- 年表
- 延展阅读
- 出版后记
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About the author
Stephen Turnbull is an author whose writing focuses on world history. The Chinese book database currently holds one work by him, the representative title Samurai. Because public information is limited, details about his nationality, dates of birth and death, educational background, and writing career remain unclear, and the available introduction is therefore based mainly on the subject matter of his work. Samurai is a world history title that clearly concerns the samurai as a historical military group and the related historical and cultural phenomena. Judging from his choice of subject, Turnbull has a sustained interest in military history and the lives of historical figures and social classes, and his writing tends to use specific historical subjects as a thread for explaining institutions, equipment, training, and social roles to readers. Such works are suitable for general readers interested in world military history and historical culture, and they offer Chinese readers a useful reference for understanding related historical themes.
Liu Hengwang is an author for whom limited public information is currently available; details such as nationality, dates of birth and death, and educational background have not been clearly recorded. According to the library's holdings, he has only one work, Warriors (Wushi), which is classified under world history. It can therefore be inferred that the book likely centers on the historical role of warriors, covering the formation of the warrior class, its duties, codes of conduct, and its place within different historical periods and social structures. It appears to be a work introducing foreign history and culture to Chinese readers. Given the scarcity of relevant materials, it is difficult to assess the overall character of his writing style, and it cannot be confirmed whether he has other publications or has long been engaged in historical writing. Readers wishing to understand his research orientation may begin with the subject matter and narrative approach of Warriors, paying attention to how he handles historical sources and presents historical developments.
