The highway billboard showed Leslie Mundy smiling proudly and saying:
My taiji class is studying the chang dao (long sword)
form, a form used by General Qi Jiguang during the
late Ming period (1560-1580).
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Can anyone out here help, please?
Try Late Imperial Chinese Armies 1520-1840 (Men-at-Arms) published by
Osprey Publishing. I have the earlier book, 590-1260 and like it
rather well. These books are thin paperbacks that cover a specific
subject/time/battle. The Men at Arms series is all about certain
armies. Ex: Medieval Eruopean Armies or El Cid and the Reconquista
1050-1492. They are a mix of pictures of extant armor/weapons,
paintings/interpretations of what that armor might look like in
color, and actual battles. Great for a beginning point, and probably
enough for your purposes. They cover all ranks of soldier so this
book should tell you what this armor really does look like.
I also have 5000 Years of Chinese Costume, but it doesn't show a
common soldier's armor and the description leaves a lot to be
desired. My best interpretation is that the common soldier's armor
was some kind of Lamalar or "interlocked iron armour."
Hope this helps,
Genie
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