Ancient Chinese Warfare by Ralph D. Sawyer

battles
    and Virtue
    and water management
    and Wu Ting
    Yü Shih (Rain Commander)
    Yu Yi
    Yüan
    Yüan Chen
    Yüan-ch’ü
    Yüeh (axe)
    bronze versions of
    decorations on
    design and size of
    and head mounting
    jade versions of
    materials for
    stone versions of
    symbolic nature of
    use of
    Yüeh (commander)
    Yüeh (tribe)
    Yüeh-shih
    Yü-fu-t’un
    Yu-hu
    Yung. See T’ung

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    Chinese calligraphy by Lee Ting-rong
     
    The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:
     
    Sawyer, Ralph D.
Ancient Chinese warfare / by Ralph D. Sawyer ; with the bibliographic
collaboration of Mei-chun Lee Sawyer.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
    eISBN : 978-0-465-02334-9
    02334-9 (e-book) 1. Warfare, Prehistoric—China. 2. Military art and
science—China—History. 3. Weapons, Ancient—China—History. 4.
China—History, Military—To 221 B.C. 5. China—History—Shang
dynasty, 1766-1122 B.C. I. Sawyer, Mei-chün. II. Title.
U43.C6S288 2011
355.020931—dc22
2010051391