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For over forty centuries, the Chinese have skillfully and carefully designed and handcrafted weapons of war. They produced sophisticated and intricately patterned swords, spears and shields, ingenious inventions like a five-storey scaling tower complete with wheels and rooms to house armed assailants, and intriguing instruments like ‘devil stopping’ mortars, banner charms, etc.
E.T.C. Werner has done careful and extensive research on this subject, and here describes the origins and of these weapons, how they were made, the myths surrounding them and the part they played in their owners’ victory or defeat. The reader will be delighted with the numerous detailed drawings accompanying the text.
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