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ISBN | 9798702489537 |
Format | PaperBack |
Language | English |
Year of Publication | 2021 |
Bib. Info | 298 p,127 x 203 x 16mm |
Categories | History | Asia | China ; Travel | Essays & Travelogues ; History | Ancient | General ; Political Science | General ; History | General |
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Book Excerpt: ...thou Fu near Sha-shi--First Ts'u conquests of China--Five hundred years of struggle with Ts'in for the possession of all ChinaCHAPTER VEVIDENCE OF ECLIPSES How far is history true?--Confucius and eclipses--Evidence notwithstanding the destruction of literature in 213 B.C.-- Retrospective calculations of eclipses and complications of calendars--Eclipse of 776 B.C.--Errors in Confucian history owing to rival calendarsCHAPTER VITHE ARMY Paraphernalia of warfare--Ten thousand and one thousand chariot states--Use of war-chariots, leather or wood--Chariots allotted according to rank--Seventy-five men to one cart--War-chariots date back to 1800 B.C.--Tartar house-carts--Rivers mostly unnavigable in north--Introduction of canals and boat traffic--Population and armies--Vague descriptions--Early armies never exceeded 75,000 men--The use of flags--Used in hunting as well as in war--Victims sacrificed to drums...