Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this video I discuss a Qing dynasty saber manual which I have recently translated into English.

A pdf of my translation can be found here:
drive.google.com/file/d/1AwfVLcCy4zHavyqOho8knQaauoYRs0tW/view?usp=sharing

Images/Sources

Kangxi Emperor = en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangxi_Emperor#/media/File:Portrait_of_the_Kangxi_Emperor_in_Court_Dress.jpg

Saber with segmented fuller = mandarinmansion.com/item/chinese-saber-segmented-grooves

Forbidden City = britannica.com/topic/Forbidden-City

Text Collection = taobao.com/list/item/592437479015.htm?spm=a21wu.10013406.taglist-content.6.57a311f85PS3bI

Guangxu Emperor = upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/The_Imperial_Portrait_of_Emperor_Guangxu2.jpg

Scholar’s Study = metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/74103

Ruyi = metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/40703

Gibbons at Play = commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zhu-Zhanji-Gibbons-at-Play.jpg

Talhoffer = commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:De_Fechtbuch_Talhoffer_012.jpg

Music:

Intro Music Song: 春江花月夜 Artist: 顶斯华 Album: 中国古筝金曲, Vol. 3 (古筝独奏).

Outro Music: Song: Chinese Thunder Drums Album: World Drums: African, Samba, Taiko, Chinese and Middle Eastern Music.