The Maritime Defence of China

<div>Section 1: Historiography, biography and ideas of Qi Jiguang.-&nbsp;Chapter 1 &nbsp;Brief introduction to Qi Jiguang and discussion of issues relating to China’s maritime defence and Qi’s ideas.-&nbsp;Chapter 2 &nbsp;Qi Jiguang and Hu Zongxian’s anti-wokou campaign.-&nbsp;Chapter 3 &nbsp;A terrible scourge: Chinese piracy, coastal defence in broad historical perspective.-&nbsp;Chapter 4 &nbsp;The martial arts in Qi Jiguang’s military training.-&nbsp;Chapter 5 &nbsp;The arquebus volley technique in China, c. 1560: Evidence from the writings of Qi Jiguang.-&nbsp;Chapter 6 &nbsp;Zeng Guofan’s application of Qi Jiguang’s doctrines in the Taiping Uprising.-&nbsp;Chapter 7 &nbsp;The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy and the history of coastal defence.-&nbsp;Section 2: Maritime and security environment during Qi Jiguang’s enterprise and beyond.-&nbsp;Chapter 8 &nbsp;Early Ming’s skirmishes with the Portuguese as an indication of Ming military developments and the military dimension of Luso-Ming interactions.-&nbsp;Chapter 9 &nbsp;The retrogression of overseas geographical knowledge during the mid-Ming period.-&nbsp;Chapter 10: Cutting dwarf pirates down to size: Amphibious warfare in sixteenth-century East Asia.-&nbsp;Chapter 11 &nbsp;Rebel with a cause: Chinese merchant-pirates in Southeast Asia in the sixteenth century.-&nbsp;Chapter 12 &nbsp;Naval technology, state power and &nbsp;the influence of Qi Jiguang in the late Ming.-&nbsp;Chapter 13 &nbsp;The rise of private maritime trading powers in Fujian and their inputs on the view of the sea during the Ming dynasty.-&nbsp;Chapter 14 &nbsp;The development of Ming-Qing coastal defence and navy.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br>