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    since been lost. The Huolongjing was one of three early Ming military treatises that were mentioned by Jiao Xu, but only the Huolongjing remains. Although...
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    illustration from the Huolongjing. A 'divine moving phalanx-breaking fierce-fire sword-shield' as depicted in the Huolongjing, c. 1360-1375. A mobile...
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    bombs dates to the 14th century, and appears in the Ming Dynasty text Huolongjing. The fragmentation bombs were filled with iron pellets and pieces of...
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    thunderclap bombs, from the Huolongjing. A 'poison fog divine smoke eruptor' (du wu shen yan pao) as depicted in the Huolongjing. Small shells emitting poisonous...
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    from the Huolongjing Two "awe-inspiring long range cannons" (威遠砲), from the Huolongjing. A 'seven star cannon' (qi xing chong) from the Huolongjing. It was...
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    thousand at a time to Xiangyang and Yingzhou. The Ming Dynasty text Huolongjing describes the use of poisonous gunpowder bombs, including the "wind-and-dust"...
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    A 'flying-cloud thunderclap-eruptor,' a proto-gun firing thunderclap bombs, from the Huolongjing....
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    fully automatic fire. Science and technology of the Song dynasty Jiao Yu Huolongjing History of cannon History of weapons Military history Table of handgun...
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    Depiction of a stationary fire arrow (rocket arrow) launcher from the Huolongjing. Illustration of a hwacha manual from the Gukjo-oryeui (國朝五禮儀, Five Rites...
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    deadly, as evidenced in the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) military manuscript Huolongjing compiled by Jiao Yu (fl. 14th to early 15th century) and Liu Bowen (1311–1375)...
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    military treatise known as the Huolongjing (Fire Drake Manual). The Nanyang publication of the book, known as the Huolongjing Quanzhi (Fire Drake Manual in...
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  • inspiring" cannon dated from 1350 and found in the 14th century treatise Huolongjing. Another cannon included in the treatise called the bronze "thousand...
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    Huolongchushui is depicted in the 14th century Chinese military treatise Huolongjing by Jiao Yu and Liu Bowen during the early Ming dynasty. Huolongchushui...
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    ancient Chinese documents relating to gunpowder based weapons such as the Huolongjing were acquired by the Koreans in addition to small samples of Chinese...
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  • an "eruptor", a proto cannon from the 14th century Ming Dynasty book Huolongjing. The cannon was capable of firing proto shells, cast iron bombs filled...
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    other bomb-throwing trebuchets. By the publication of the 1350 edition Huolongjing during the Ming dynasty, the meaning of the character pao 砲 changed from...
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    fragmentation bomb known as the 'divine bone dissolving fire oil bomb' (lan gu huo you shen pao) from the Huolongjing. The black dots represent iron pellets....
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  • ready to be shot from a bow. From the Huolongjing A fire arrow from the Wubei Zhi Rocket arrows from the Huolongjing. Depiction of fire arrows known as "divine...
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    Lizong. Subsequently, rockets are included in the military treatise Huolongjing, also known as the Fire Drake Manual, written by the Chinese artillery...
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    of Ars nova Foundation of the University of Kraków Chinese text the Huolongjing by Jiao Yu describes fire lances, fire arrows, rocket launchers, land...
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    Zongyao, Chinese military compendium written from around 1040 to 1044. Huolongjing, mid-14th-century Chinese military treatise. Jixiao Xinshu, Chinese military...
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  • of Huang Shigong Questions and Replies Other texts Sun Bin's Art of War Thirty-Six Stratagems Wujing Zongyao Huolongjing Jixiao Xinshu Wubei Zhi v t e...
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    began to frequently employ European-style artillery and firearms. The Huolongjing, compiled by Jiao Yu and Liu Bowen sometime before the latter's death...
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    (960-1279) are described in the early Ming Dynasty Chinese military manual Huolongjing, written in the mid 14th century. The History of Jin 《金史》 (compiled by...
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  • carries a sling for transport. The 'divine fire arrow screen' from the Huolongjing. A stationary arrow launcher that carries one hundred fire arrows. The...
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    hollowed cannonball shells with gunpowder. Written later by Jiao Yu in his Huolongjing (mid-14th century), this manuscript recorded an earlier Song-era cast-iron...
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    dated from 1350 and found in the 14th century Ming Dynasty treatise Huolongjing. With the development of better metallurgy techniques, later cannons...
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    officer Jiao Yu, in his 14th-century military treatise known as the Huolongjing. Chinese records tell of naval explosives in the 16th century, used to...
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    substances to create colored smoke and fire. Such application appears in the Huolongjing (14th century) and Wubeizhi (preface of 1621, printed 1628), which describes...
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    Nostradamus". He and Jiao Yu co-edited the military treatise known as the Huolongjing (Fire Dragon Manual). Liu Bowen initially aided Zhu Yuanzhang in his...
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