SOURCE: Sawyer, Ralph D. and Mei-Chün Sawyer. “General Introduction and Historical Background of the Classics.” In The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China, translated by Ralph D. Sawyer and Mei-Chün Sawyer, pp. 1-18. Boulder, Col.: Westview Press, 1993.
In the following essay, Sawyer and Sawyer provide historical background to Chinese warfare and the evolution of weapons.
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