24 July 2014

Ming armours and helmets from military treatise 'Bing Lu (《兵錄》)'

Ming Dynasty Rattan Armour
Chi Teng Jia (赤藤甲) (left) and paper armour (right).
Ming Dynasty Armour
Gang Si Lian Huan Jia (鋼絲連鐶甲, lit. 'Steel wire chain armour') or mail shirt (left) and Tang Ni Kai (唐猊鎧, lit. 'Lion armour') (right).
Ming Dynasty Armguard
Paper armguard (left) and two sets of metal armguards (right).
Chinese Armor
Various kinds of armours and helmets.
Ming Dynasty Helmet
Tang Ni Kui (唐猊盔, lit. 'Lion helmet') and rattan hat helmet.
Late Ming Dynasty armours and helmets from Bing Lu (《兵錄》), written in 1606. Ming army during this period favoured brigandine and studded cotton armour over traditional lamellar or scale armour.
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10 comments:

  1. ssd31 January 2019 at 03:45

    is there link for bing lu,

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    1. 春秋戰國31 January 2019 at 18:19

      I afraid no.

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    2. Sim Yuan Hee23 March 2021 at 03:56

      But where did you get those pictures?

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    3. 春秋戰國23 March 2021 at 08:32

      I have a pdf, but the original download link died.

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    4. Sim Yuan Hee26 March 2021 at 05:39

      Maybe you could share it with google drive link here, if you don't mind.

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    5. 春秋戰國26 March 2021 at 18:56

      Not mine, but I have found a download link courtesy of Shuge.org

      https://bw.shuge.org/wl/?id=tPJis1b6KEJbrEvozp4NFbKN8G3dcuW7

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  2. The GhostHero29 April 2019 at 09:37

    I'm interested by the picture various kinds of helmets and armor,and i'm interested to know if you have more detail about them to share?

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    1. 春秋戰國29 April 2019 at 19:15

      TBH, there isn't many. What specifics do you need to know?

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    2. The GhostHero30 April 2019 at 05:51

      The material of the two left most helmets and of the leftmost armor as well, I looks like brigandine but the pattern is strange.

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    3. 春秋戰國1 May 2019 at 20:51

      Both are padded cotton armour/helmet used in Southern China.

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