- Bu Bing Pang Pai (步兵旁牌): Free-standing infantry shield. This design was inherited from Song Dynasty.
- Qi Bing Pang Pai (騎兵旁牌): Cavalry shield. This design was inherited from Song Dynasty.
- Shou Pai (手牌): Hand shield, also called Chang Pai (長牌, long shield) to differentiate from the round rattan shield. It could be shaped like a concave hexagon (as shown above) or more commonly, convex pentagon.
- Yan Wei Pai (燕尾牌): Swallowtail shield, a variation of Shou Pai with a unique 'V' shape on top.
- Ai Pai (挨牌 or 捱牌): Rectangular shield that is suspended from the neck with a shoulder strap, to free up the shield hand.
- Teng Pai (藤牌): Rattan shield.
- Mu Li Pai (木立牌): Wooden free-standing shield. This design was inherited from Song Dynasty.
- Zhu Li Pai (竹立牌): Bamboo free-standing shield. This design was inherited from Song Dynasty.
27 July 2014
Ming shields from military treatise 'Wu Bei Zhi (《武備志》)'
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