Jixiao Xinshu – Eighteen Volume Edition

Author: Qi Jiguang, edited by Cao Wenming and Lü Yinghui
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Publishing Date: 2001-06-01
Features: Qi Jiguang was an outstanding military strategist and a great national hero in Chinese history. Throughout his life, he fought against Japanese pirates in the southeastern coastal regions for over ten years, suppressing the pirates who had plagued the coast for many years, safeguarding the country's territorial sovereignty and the lives and property of the coastal people. In the northeast, he fought against the Mongol tribes for over ten years, securing the safety of the northern frontier and promoting peaceful development between the Han and Mongol peoples. He authored renowned military treatises such as the eighty-volume Jixiao Xinshu, the Zhibing Shi Ji, and the fourteen-volume Jixiao Xinshu, as well as the Zhizhi Tang Collection and various memorials and proposals submitted to the court in different historical periods. These works enriched the military knowledge of the nation and left behind invaluable spiritual treasures for future generations. The eighteen-volume Jixiao Xinshu is a military masterpiece by Qi Jiguang, a famous Ming Dynasty general and an outstanding ancient military strategist. It is the first systematic treatise on military training in ancient Chinese military literature. The book inherits the theoretical essence of earlier military treatises while enriching and developing them based on the author's practical experience, elevating ancient Chinese military theory to a new height. Particularly in the realm of military training, it formed a systematic theory of military governance and training. For four hundred years since its publication, it has been printed multiple times and has had a profound and far-reaching influence on Chinese military history. The book is rich in content, illustrated with images, and accompanied by detailed and easy-to-understand annotations, making it an extremely important academic reference for comprehensively understanding and researching Qi Jiguang.