Ancient China Simplified

By: Harper Parker, Edward

Book Excerptthou Fu near Sha-sh --First Ts'u conquests of China--Five hundred years of struggle with Ts'in for the possession of all ChinaCHAPTER VEVIDENCE OF ECLIPSES How far is history true?--Confucius and eclipses--Evidence notwithstanding the destruction of literature in 213 B.C.-- Retrospective calculations of eclipses and complications of calendars--Eclipse of 776 B.C.--Errors in Confucian history owing to rival calendarsCHAPTER VITHE ARMY Paraphernalia of warfare--Ten thousand and one thousand chariot states--Use of war-chariots, leather or wood--Chariots allotted according to rank--Seventy-five men to one cart--War-chariots date back to 1800 B.C.--Tartar house-carts--Rivers mostly unnavigable in north--Introduction of canals and boat traffic--Population and armies--Vague descriptions--Early armies never exceeded 75,000 men--The use of flags--Used in hunting as well as in war--Victims sacrificed to drums-

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08H6RKMZT
• ISBN13: 9798675290178
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"