Martial Spirit

17 books

Zhang Ming on History: Rethinking Ancient Chinese History cover
Rating 3.5
Zhang Ming on History: Rethinking Ancient Chinese History Zhang Ming Qunyan Publishing House · 2014 This book is a collection of essays on ancient Chinese history by Zhang Ming, a professor in the Department of Political Science at Renmin University …
Samurai cover
Rating 3.9
Samurai 斯蒂芬·特恩布尔 / 刘恒旺 Guangdong Tourism Publishing House · 2026 Armored warriors skilled with weapons are one of Japan's iconic images. These powerful fighters, renowned for their martial prowess and unwavering res…
Gladiator cover
Rating 3.9
Gladiator 菲利普·马蒂塞克 / 黄宁 Guangdong Tourism Publishing House · 2026 In ancient Rome, gladiators fought to the death for the entertainment of the crowd. Most were criminals or prisoners of war, but some were free men dr…
Shadows of Weapons: Concepts of War, Armed Men, and Weaponry in the Shang Dynasty cover
Rating 3.8
Shadows of Weapons: Concepts of War, Armed Men, and Weaponry in the Shang Dynasty 李竞恒 Zhonghua Book Company · 2024 In the eyes of the Shang people, warfare and hunting were essentially the same thing: the targets of war were the surrounding foreign peoples, whom th…
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Rating 4.5
Chinese Culture and the Chinese Soldier Lei Haizong China Culture and History Press · 2024 This book is a compilation of essays written by Mr. Lei Haizong before and after the War of Resistance. By tracing and introducing the military system…
The Sequel to Tales of the Tang Dynasty (V) cover
Rating 3.6
The Sequel to Tales of the Tang Dynasty (V) 鸳湖渔叟 · 2024 A Qing-dynasty vernacular heroic romance and a must-read for lovers of classical fiction. The first half tells the fictional story of Luo Tong's North…
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Rating 4.0
The Bushido of China Liang Qichao · 2024 Liang Qichao wrote The Bushido of China in [month/year]. At this time Liang was [age] years old and, having been pursued by the Qing government after …
Rousseau's View of War and Martial Spirit cover
Rating 3.2
Rousseau's View of War and Martial Spirit 陈晴 Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press · 2020 This book examines Rousseau's views on war, his peace plan, and martial spirit, analyzing the evolution of his thought and the influence of Abbé de Sa…
The Precious Sword cover
Rating 2.9
The Precious Sword Anonymous Bashu Publishing House · 2024 One of the ancient weapons, belonging to the “short weapons.” It has long been known by the laudatory title “sovereign of the hundred weapons.” The an…
The Meaning of Archery cover
Rating 3.0
The Meaning of Archery Anonymous Bashu Publishing House · 2024 Archery was one of the Six Arts of ancient China, alongside rites, music, charioteering, calligraphy, and mathematics.
Three Poems on Watching a Hunt cover
Rating 3.5
Three Poems on Watching a Hunt 刘商 Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2024 One of the works by the Tang poet Liu Shang.
Supplement to Remaining Tales of Martial Arts cover
Rating 3.4
Supplement to Remaining Tales of Martial Arts Qian Jibo Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2020 This spring, confined at home with much leisure, a friend presented me with Lin Houguan's Remaining Anecdotes of Martial Arts. Its narrative is concis…
Chinese Culture and the Chinese Military cover
Rating 4.4
Chinese Culture and the Chinese Military Lei Haizong Jiangsu People's Publishing House · 2019 Written by the renowned historian Lei Haizong, this edition sets aside the more fragmentary essays he composed in different periods, making it a purer…
Tsinghua History Course: Chinese Culture and China's Military (Heirloom Series) cover
Rating 4.0
Tsinghua History Course: Chinese Culture and China's Military (Heirloom Series) Lei Haizong Huashan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2018 This volume collects essays by the master historian Lei Haizong, including "Chinese Culture and the Chinese Soldier" as well as "Refined Music and New…
Essentials of Reading History cover
Rating 3.6
Essentials of Reading History 徐兵博 Xinhua Publishing House · 2023 Grounded in the spirit of traditional Chinese historiography, this book sets out to distill the essence of history, blaze new trails in historical inq…
War Chronicles 006 cover
Rating 4.0
War Chronicles 006 宋毅 China Chang'an Publishing House · 2015 This issue of War Chronicles offers a comprehensive analysis of the First Anglo-Dutch War, the great counteroffensive of the Southern Ming in Guangxi,…
The Magic Needle (Unannotated Edition) cover
Rating 3.3
The Magic Needle (Unannotated Edition) 向恺然 · 2015 Xiang Kanran (1889-1957), also known as Pingjiang Buxiaosheng, was personally named Xiang Kanran and Xiang Kui and also wrote under the pen name Buxia…