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The Maritime Defence of China

Ming General Qi Jiguang and Beyond

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  • Jul 2017

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Editors:
  1. Y.H. Teddy Sim

    1. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

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  • One of very few English books on Qi Jiguang

  • Explores the military history of China

  • Elaborates on the maritime defence and developments of historical China

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Historiography, Biography and Doctrines of Qi Jiguang

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Brief Introduction to Qi Jiguang and Discussion of Issues Relating to China’s Maritime Defence and Qi’s Doctrines

      • Y. H. Teddy Sim
      Pages 3-21

    3. Qi Jiguang and Hu Zongxian’s Anti-wokou Campaign

      • Ivy Maria Lim
      Pages 23-41

    4. ‘A Terrible Scourge’: Chinese Piracy and Coastal Defence in Broad Historical Perspective

      • Patrick Connolly, Robert J. Antony
      Pages 43-58

    5. The Martial Arts in Qi Jiguang’s Military Training

      • Peter Lorge
      Pages 59-71

    6. The Arquebus Volley Technique in China, c. 1560: Evidence from the Writings of Qi Jiguang

      • Tonio Andrade
      Pages 73-92

    7. Zeng Guofan’s Application of Qi Jiguang’s Doctrines in Crushing the Taiping Uprising

      • Y. H. Teddy Sim, Sandy J. C. Liu
      Pages 93-103

    8. The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy and the History of Coastal Defence

      • Bruce A. Elleman
      Pages 105-127

  3. Maritime and Security Environment During Qi Jiguang’s Enterprise and Beyond

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129
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    2. Early Ming’s Skirmishes and Clashes with the Portuguese as an Indication of Ming Military Developments and the Military Dimension of Luso-Ming Interactions

      • Y. H. Teddy Sim
      Pages 131-143

    3. The Retrogression in Overseas Geographical Knowledge During the Mid-Ming Period

      • Yunzhong Zhou
      Pages 145-161

    4. Cutting Dwarf Pirates Down to Size: Amphibious Warfare in 16th-Century East Asia

      • Kenneth M. Swope
      Pages 163-186

    5. Rebel with a Cause: Chinese Merchant-Pirates in Southeast Asia in the 16th Century

      • Piyada Chonlaworn
      Pages 187-199

    6. Naval Technology, State Power and the Influence of Qi Jiguang in the Late Ming

      • Kenneth M. Swope
      Pages 201-216

    7. The Rise of Private Maritime Trading Powers in Fujian and Their Impacts on the View of the Sea During the Ming Dynasty

      • Shunli Huang
      Pages 217-232

    8. An Analysis on the Development of Ming-Qing Maritime Defence and Navy

      • Chi-Lin Lee
      Pages 233-243

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 245-277
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About this book

This edited volume explores the larger maritime and security environment during and beyond the time of Chinese military general Qi Jiguang’s enterprise. While serving as a historiography and biography of Qi Jiguang, the book also elaborates on the doctrinal applications of his ideas. Essays in this volume contribute to the field of China studies in light of the increased frequency of news relating to the maritime and military affairs in the region in the post-2000 period. It provides a specialist perspective to the uneven study of Qi Jiguang and maritime/military studies, while also satisfying the desire of the layman to understand the current political security situation in East Asia in the context of the longer term historical developments.

Reviews

“The contributions that make up this volume are all highly fascinating and provide new evidence and perspectives on maritime East Asia during the Ming, and the personal role of Qi Jiguang. … Sim’s collection provides a fresh and comprehensive examination of Chinese coastal defense and warfare maneuvers in the Ming and Qing eras from the perspective of military history.” (XING HANG, Ming Studies, Vol. 2019 (79), May, 2019)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

    Y.H. Teddy Sim

About the editor

Teddy Sim is currently lecturing at the Institute of Education in Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He has published on specific involvements of the Portuguese in the East / Far East in the 18th century and 19th centuries. He is the author of Portuguese Enterprise in the East: Survival in the Years 1707-57 and editor of Piracy and surreptitious activities in the Malay Archipelago and adjacent seas 1600-1840. On the sea space and network extending from Macau and the southern coastal provinces of China, Teddy is also interested in the issues involving security and activities of Macanese and diaspora Chinese transpiring in the region.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Maritime Defence of China

  • Book Subtitle: Ming General Qi Jiguang and Beyond

  • Editors: Y.H. Teddy Sim

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4163-1

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-4162-4Published: 18 July 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-5067-2Published: 12 December 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 277

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: History of Military, Military and Defence Studies, History of China, History of Southeast Asia

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