The Wujing Zongyao (Chinese: 武經總要), sometimes rendered in English as the Complete Essentials for the Military Classics, is a Chinese military compendium...

Wujing may refer to: Five Classics (五經), five classic Chinese books Sha Wujing (沙悟淨), one of the three helpers of Xuánzàng in the classic Chinese novel...

formula of gunpowder dates to 1044 in the form of the military manual Wujing Zongyao, also known in English as the Complete Essentials for the Military Classics...

this is something which the Huns do not know how to do. — Chao Cuo The Wujing Zongyao states that the crossbow used en masse was the most effective weapon...

trebuchets from the Wujing Zongyao Crouching tiger trebuchet from the Wujing Zongyao Sìjiǎo "Four Footed" traction trebuchet from the Wujing Zongyao Traction trebuchet...

are found in the 11th-century Northern Song dynasty text Wujing Zongyao. The Wujing Zongyao describes the "long serpent" rocket launcher, a rocket launcher...

the Wujing Zongyao A "combat" ship from the Wujing Zongyao A "covered assault" ship from the Wujing Zongyao A "flying" barque from the Wujing Zongyao A...

the Wujing Zongyao Five whirlwind trebuchets (swivel mangonels) from the Wujing Zongyao Mangonel on a Song Dynasty warship from the Wujing Zongyao 12th...

gunpowder match to fire a continuous stream of flame (as referred to in the Wujing Zongyao manuscript of 1044). In the suppression of the Southern Tang state by...

in 919 AD was of the same design as the one described in the later Wujing Zongyao in 1044, then it is also by implication the earliest known use of the...

1100 BCE. Assyrians were also the first to use iron-tipped arrows. The Wujing Zongyao (Essentials of the Military Arts), written by Zeng Gongliang, Ding Du...

dynasty text, Wujing Zongyao (Complete Essentials from the Military Classics), written by Zeng Gongliang between 1040 and 1044. The Wujing Zongyao provides...

This is a list of flags of entities named or related to "China". In July 1949, a contest was announced for a national flag for the newly founded People's...

the Wujing Zongyao A "combat" ship from the Wujing Zongyao A "covered assault" ship from the Wujing Zongyao A "flying" barque from the Wujing Zongyao A...

appears[citation needed] in texts from the Song to Qing dynasties such as the Wujing Zongyao and Huangchao Liqi Tushi. It is comparable to the Japanese naginata...

handful of these military treatises have survived, which includes the Wujing Zongyao written in 1044. It was the first known book to have listed formulas...

the 1510 edition of the Wujing Zongyao translated by Needham and others at Princeton University. (The original Wujing Zongyao was compiled between 1040...

However soon after the chemical formula for gunpowder was recorded in the Wujing Zongyao of 1044, evidence of state interference in gunpowder affairs began appearing...

incendiary and was launched using a bow or crossbow. According to the Wujing Zongyao the fire arrow was constructed and used in the following manner: Behind...

flame. This device was featured in description and illustration of the Wujing Zongyao military manuscript of 1044. In the suppression of the Southern Tang...

ancient Chinese military theories and Chinese militarists' thoughts. Wujing Zongyao, Chinese military compendium written from around 1040 to 1044. Huolongjing...

fire when violent winds swept in their direction. According to the Wujing Zongyao, gunpowder was used to ignite the flamethrower: Before use the tank...

Steel whip of Qing dynasty (bottom) A flail-like iron whip (right) in Wujing Zongyao Two types of iron whips (middle and right) in military compendium Wu...

gunpowder caltrops, for which he was richly rewarded. In the military text Wujing Zongyao of 1044, bombs such as the "ten-thousand fire flying sand magic bomb"...

are found in the 11th century Southern Song Dynasty text Wujing Zongyao. The Wujing Zongyao describes a portable rocket arrow carrier consisting of a...

have started in this year with Eze Nri Ìfikuánim 1044: the Chinese Wujing Zongyao, written by Zeng Gongliang and Yang Weide, is the first book to describe...

polearm comes from an 11th-century illustration in the military manual Wujing Zongyao (武經總要).[citation needed] The yanyuedao came to be known as the guandao...

the rotating volley fire were understood during the Tang dynasty, the Wujing Zongyao written during the Song dynasty notes that it was not utilized to its...

Han, made to slice through a horse's legs. This is mentioned in the Wujing Zongyao, a Song military manual from 1072. It featured prominently against the...

evidence for it exists during this period. A flamethrower from the Wujing Zongyao, supposedly used the gunpowder slow match An arrow strapped with gunpowder...