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Authors: Ralph D. Sawyer

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Martial achievement
Martial prowess
Martial values
Mencius
Meng-chuang
Metal
and prestige
use of
weapons
See also individual metals;
Metallurgy
Metallurgy
origin of
regional evolution of
and technological developments
See also
Bronze metallurgy; Metal
Military activity
and Anyang
of Hsia
of rulers
(see also under individual rulers)
of Shang
of Wu Ting
of Wu Ting (early period)
of Wu Ting (late period)
of Wu Ting (middle period)
See also
Conflict
Military authority
Military command
Military commander(s)
and military tactics
of Wu Ting
See also individual commanders;
Military officers;
Ya
(commander)
Military company.
See Hang
Military contingents
Military intelligence
Military logistics
and bridge building
and confiscation policy
expense of
and firewood
and fodder
and food supply
and food supply, exhaustion of
and hunting and gathering
and officers, specialized
and road development
and warehouse and granary
and water
and waterways
and weapons
and winter period
Military officer
specialized
See also
Military commander
Military reconnaissance
Military strategy
Military structure
Military tactics
and attack, methods of
and reconnaissance
and
shih
Military titles
Military training
and archery
and efficiency
and weapons
Military troops.
See also
Foot soldiers
Mineral resources.
See also individual resources;
Natural resources
Minor Servitor for Horses
Missile weapon.
See also
Archery; Weapons
Mo Hsi
Moat
construction of
definition of
and vegetation
See also
Ditched settlement
Morality
Mo-tzu
Mou Yi (minister)
Mound settlement.
See also
Settlement
Mounded earthen wall(
see also
Wall building)
Mu (king)
Mu-yeh, Battle of
and chariot
and soldier-to-chariot ratios
Nan Keng
and capitals
and Yen
Nan-kuang-t’ou
Natural resources
and Hsia
See also individual resources;
Metal; Mineral resources
Nave, chariot
Nine Yi.
See
Yi
Nose strap.
See also
Harness
Oar
Oath, of Ch’i
Obsidian, arrowhead
Officer.
See
Military officer
Officer for arrows
Operational tactics.
See
Military tactics
Ore deposit
Oxen
Pa (female deity)
Pa-fang
and military tactics
Pai fa pai chung
(one hundred times without a miss)
P’an Keng
and capitals
P’an-lung-ch’eng
Pan-p’o
Pao-tun
Pa-shih-tang
Peaceful coexistence
Pei-ch’eng-tzu
P’eng-t’ou’shan
Peregrination
Peremptory execution
Peter the Great
Pi, Battle of
Pien-hsien-wang
P’i-hsien
Ping Hsin (king)
military activity of
and military contingents
reign of
P’ing-liang-t’ai
Pipes and drums
Platform city
Plundering
Po
Po Le
Political authority
Political official
Political organization, of Hsia
Political structure
Pony express
Pounded earth wall.
See
Hang-t’u
Power
of bow
of chariot
Power center
Prestige
and metal
Preventative channeling
Prisoner of war
Prognostication.
See
Divination
Protector.
See Wei
Rammed earth wall.
See also
Wall building
Rattan
Reconnaissance.
See
Military reconnaissance
Red Emperor (Yen Ti)
and Ch’ih Yu, as same person
clan of
origin of
Reed
Regiments.
See Lü
Rein system.
See also
Harness
Resource acquisition
Righteousness
Ritual object
Ritual practice
Road development
Rulers
and ancestors, communication with
Anyang
authority of
and commander
and divination
and fate, of individuals
Hsia
(see also individual rulers)
and human sacrifice
and hunting
and marriage alliance
and martial prowess
military activity of
military command of
and mineral resources
and peregrination
reigns of
and resource acquisition
Shang
(see also individual rulers)
Sacrifice
animal
and prisoner of war
ritual
and T’ang
and Wu Ting
and Yi Yin
Salt.
See also
Natural resources
San Miao
San pang
San-hsing-tui
San-tsung
Self-bows
Settlement
and agriculture
growth of
location of
See also
Ditched settlement; Fortifications;
individual settlements;
Walled settlement
Shaft
arrow
arrowhead
chariot
dagger-axe
Shang
and Anyang era
capitals
(see also individual capitals)
fortifications
(see individual cities and towns)
and Hsia, conquest of
influence of
and military activity (
see also under
Wu Ting)
and military contingents
namesake of
origin of
rulers of
(see also individual rulers)
and Virtue
Shang, Prince
“Shang spear,”
Shang-ch’iu
Shao Hao (emperor)
Shao-k’ang
She
(archer).
See also
Archer
Shell, arrowhead
Shen Nung (Agricultural Emperor)
Shield
design and size of
material for
use of
See also
Armor; Dagger shield
Shih
(army)
and military tactics
Shih chang
(leader of the
shih
)
Shih
(military title)
Shih Pan (commander)
Shih-chia-ho
Shock weapon
and chariot
See also
Weapons
Short sword.
See
Dagger
Short weapon.
See also
Weapons
Shou of Ts’ai (duke)
Shu
(military title)
Shu (prince)
Shu-mou
(military title)
Shun
and bow
and Hsia, capitals and sites of
reign of
and San Miao
and water management
Sichuan, walled settlements in
(see also individual settlements)
Signal fire
Silver
Sinew/tendon
(chin),
bow
Sisera
Slavery
Sledge
Soldiers.
See
Foot soldiers; Military troops
Southern-pointing chariot
Spear
and chariot
and Chu (son of Shao-k’ang)
design and size of
ears
material for
as missile weapon
northern style
origin of
and “Shang spear,”
southern style
and spearhead, mounting of
use of
vulnerability of
Spearhead, mounting of
Spirits, communication with
Spoke, chariot
Ssu pang
Ssu-ma Ch’ien
Ssu-ma
(supervisor of horse)
Ssu-pa
Stamped earth wall.
See
Hang-t’u
Stone
arrowhead
dagger
dagger-axe
fu
(axe)
spear
yüeh
(axe)
Subofficers.
See Chang
Succession battles, Hsia
Sui
Sui-fang
Sun-tzu
Supervisor of horse.
See Ssu-ma
Su-pu-t’un
Surprise attack
Sword
appraising of
design and size of
as liability
material for
origin of
symbolic role of
Tab
of dagger-axe
of
k’uei
(axe)
T’ai Chia
T’ai Kang
T’ai Kung
and military commanders
and topography
T’ai-hsi
T’ai-kang
T’an
Tan Fu
T’ang (king)
and capitals
and chariot
and Cheng-chou
and Ch’iang
and Chieh
and Hsia, capitals and sites of
and Hsia, conquest of
and Ko, Earl of
and K’un-wu
and long weapon
military activity of
and military intelligence
and San-tsung
and “T’ang’s Oath,”
and Virtue
and Yen-shih
and Yi Yin
“T’ang’s Oath,”
T’ang-shih.
See
Yao
Taoism
T’ao-ssu
Ta-shih-ku
Ta-ti-wan
Tendon/sinew
(chin),
bows
Teng-feng Wang-ch’eng-kang
Terrain
and chariot
and horse
See also
Topography
Thread/fiber, bows
Ti (Shang deity)
Tien (commander)
T’ien-wang
Tiger Quarter (Hu-gang)
Tin
Tin bronze alloys
Ting-kung
Tools
for wall building
Topography
and horse
See also
Terrain
Training.
See
Military training; Horse training
Troops.
See
Military troops
Tsao Fu
Tso, Duke of
Tsou-ma-ling
Tsu Chia
and capitals
reign of
Tsu
(clan regiment)
Tsu Keng
Tsu (king)
Tsu Yi
Tu-fang
T’ung (aka Yung)
Tung Tso-pin
Tung Yeh-pi
Tung Yi.
See
Yi
Tung-hsia-feng
and Hsia, resource acquisition of
Tung-hsien-hsien
Tzu Hsi
Tzu Yi
Tzu Yü
Tzu-chu Ku-ch’eng
Vegetation
Victory
Village Archery Ceremony
Virtue
and San Miao
and Shang
and T’ang (king)
and Wu Ch’i
and Yellow Emperor
and Yü
Wagon
Waist wall.
See also
Wall building
Wall building
and agriculture
and Anyang
and construction rate
and Kun
labor force for (
see
Labor force, for wall building)
and layering
and maintenance and repair
materials used in
and moats, construction of
tools for
and vegetation
Walled settlement
character of
as defensive measure
description of
evolution of
and flooding
function of
location of
in Sichuan
(see also individual settlements)
and water
See also individual settlements;
Settlement
Wan Chang
Wang
Wang Ch’eng (commander)
and military tactics
Wang Kuo-wei
Wang-ch’eng-kang
Wang-tzu Ch’eng-fu
War captive.
See
Prisoner of war
Warehouse
Warrior
ranking of, and bows
See also
Chariot warrior
Water
as defensive barrier
and walled settlement
See also
Natural resources

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