Great Ming Military

The sequel to The Admiral: Roaring Currents and Hansan: Rising Dragon , and the epic finale of Yi Sun-sin trilogy, is finally releas...

Drawing of a paper fuse (top right), paper sealing tube (middle right), wooden fuse (top bottom), shell casing (top left) and bombard (botto...

As someone with a deep interest in Imjin War, I actually enjoyed Hansan: Rising Dragon way more that I thought I would, even thou...

There are many false information about Ming Dynasty military (and ancient Chinese military in general) floating around on the internet. Here...

This blog post was originally meant to be part of my 100th post rant , but that one kind of drag on for too long, so I decided to write a s...

Early Ming variant Drawing of a dart-shooting Shen Qiang, from 'Wu Bei Zhi (《武備志》)'. Shen Qiang (神鎗, lit. 'Divine gun'...

Repeating crossbow is one of the unique inventions of China. Although the invention is commonly attributed to Zhu Ge Liang (诸葛亮) , the basic...

MINOR UPDATE OCTOBER 9, 2024 Drawing of a Bian Jian, from 'Bing Lu (《兵錄》)'. A Bian Jian (邊箭, lit. 'Border arrow' ...

Drawing of a Fei Meng Pao, from 'Wu Bei Zhi (《武備志》)'. Fei Meng Pao (飛礞砲, lit. 'Flying lapis stone cannon') was a type of...

UPDATED NOVEMBER 9, 2023 Two Wei Yuan Pao, from 'Wu Bei Zhi (《武備志》)' Although locally developed Chinese cannons were largely ...

I came across this interesting comparison at Baidu Tieba, although the original post has since been deleted. The original comparison is a s...

IMPORTANT UPDATE NOVEMBER 15, 2024 Ever since the founding of Ming Dynasty, the Chinese had been an avid user of rocket weapon. ...