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    Qi Jiguang (Chinese: 戚繼光; pinyin: Jìguāng; Wade–Giles: Ch'i1 Chi4-Kuang1, November 12, 1528 – January 17, 1588), courtesy name Yuanjing, art names Nantang...
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    c. 1560: Evidence from the Writings of Qi Jiguang", The Maritime Defence of China: Ming General Qi Jiguang and Beyond, Springer Graff, David A. (2002)...
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    manual written during the 1560s and 1580s by the Ming dynasty general Qi Jiguang. Its primary significance is in advocating for a combined arms approach...
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    otherwise known as Qi Jiguang is a training ship of the People's Liberation Army Navy. It joined the PLA Navy on 21 February 2017. Qi Jiguang engaged in a number...
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    pirates. Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang taught martial arts to the local armies and civilians to fight against the pirates, with General Qi teaching the use of...
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    seen in mid-16th-century China as pioneered by Qi Jiguang and in late-16th-century Japan. Qi Jiguang elaborates on his volley fire technique in the Jixiao...
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    Qi Jiguang, a revered Ming military leader, drilled his soldiers to extremes so that their performance in battle would be successful. In addition, Qi...
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    Tai chi (redirect from Tai qi)
    Tang Hao thought it was derived from a treatise by Ming dynasty general Qi Jiguang, Jixiao Xinshu ("New Treatise on Military Efficiency"), which discussed...
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    nicknamed "Foochow bagels"). Kompia was named after Qi Jiguang, who invented it. When Qi Jiguang led his troops into Fujian in 1563, the Japanese pirates...
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  • Vincent Zhao, Sammo Hung, and Yasuaki Kurata. The plot is based on general Qi Jiguang's suppression of the wokou pirates during the Ming dynasty. In 16th century...
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    were Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou. Yu Dayou was a Ming dynasty general assigned to defend the coast against the wokou. In 1553, a young man named Qi Jiguang became...
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    seen in mid-16th-century China as pioneered by Qi Jiguang and in late-16th-century Japan. Qi Jiguang elaborates on his countermarch volley fire technique...
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    appointed Qi Jiguang as governor and military administrator of Jizhou, Changping and Baoding to help train the guards in the area. Qi Jiguang helped to...
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    flash tumbles"), or "8 evasive tumbles" and is attributed to General Qi Jiguang. Whereas in the Qing dynasty it art is known as BāfānMén (Chinese: 八翻门;...
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    monks became famous: the staff (gùn, Cantonese gwan). The Ming general Qi Jiguang included a description of Shaolin kung fu and staff techniques in his...
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  • Hundred Family Surnames poem. Qi Benyu (戚本禹), Mao-era political figure Qi Jiguang (戚繼光), military general during the Ming dynasty Qi Jingxuan (戚惊萱), Chinese...
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    general Qi Jiguang was made vice commander while his fellow wokou-fighter Tan Lun was made the Grand Coordinator of Fujian in 1563. Qi Jiguang had by this...
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    (2001), Zhao Shuo in Sacrifice (2010), So Chan in True Legend (2010), and Qi Jiguang in God of War (2017). He starred in his directorial debut Counter Attack...
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    standard. These exams did however produce a few notable individuals such as Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou. In the late Ming dynasty, Ming army units had become dominated...
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    were surprised by the higher wall and stiff Chinese resistance. In 1567 Qi Jiguang and Tan Lun, successful generals who fended off the coastal pirates, were...
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    War Tan Lun for a pre-emptive strike against them. Instead, he ordered Qi Jiguang, commander of the northeastern border, to maintain an armed peace. This...
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    the Ming dynasty and the Joseon dynasty, respectively. The Ming general Qi Jiguang described its use in his book, the Jixiao Xinshu, which was reproduced...
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    himself by claiming that he was "building through non-building." In 1567 Qi Jiguang and Tan Lun, successful generals who fended off the coastal pirates, were...
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    between the mountains and the sea. In the late 16th century, Ming general Qi Jiguang began fortification and construction of a military city around the pass...
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    single-edged swords. It was viewed very positively as an effective weapon by Qi Jiguang, who acquired a Kage-ryū (Aizu) manual from Japanese wokou, studied it...
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  • mainland to General Qi Jiguang (1528–1588) who is said to have taken Wokou pirate prisoners during his campaigns in Southern China. Qi Jiguang wrote about the...
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    them. The ship was originally commissioned by AG Neptun in Rostock as Qi Jiguang for the Republic of China Navy and was launched there on 4 December 1937...
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    listed 28 steps just to fire and load the gun. In 1584 the Ming general Qi Jiguang composed an 11 step song to practice the procedure in rhythm: "One, clean...
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    Hujiao bing Lor mee Lychee pork Misua Ngo hiang Oyster omelette Popiah Qi Jiguang bread Shacha sauce Shaxian delicacies Yanpi Putian cuisine Cuisine of...
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    coast. Qi Jiguang (1528-1588 AD), a general of the Ming Dynasty, studied wokou's tactics and Japanese swords to repel wokou pirates. General Qi also wrote...
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