View Full Version : Drawings of the Chinese Military throughout the Ages


aronnax
Mar 18, 2009, 06:51 AM
I found some cool pictures of various Chinese Dynastic Armies. Thought Ill share them.

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/3805/131fe7.jpg (http://img18.imageshack.us/my.php?image=131fe7.jpg)

Northen and Southern Dynasties

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/9113/5af907.jpg (http://img15.imageshack.us/my.php?image=5af907.jpg)
Mongol/Yuan Dynasty Horseman

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/57/5c4b60.jpg (http://img19.imageshack.us/my.php?image=5c4b60.jpg)
Red Turban Rebellion
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/5469/5e02b3.jpg (http://img15.imageshack.us/my.php?image=5e02b3.jpg)
Southern Song
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/2990/6a15e1.jpg (http://img9.imageshack.us/my.php?image=6a15e1.jpg)
Northen Song
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/7945/6e47d8.jpg (http://img14.imageshack.us/my.php?image=6e47d8.jpg)
Western Zhou Dynasty

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/4490/98add0.jpg (http://img21.imageshack.us/my.php?image=98add0.jpg)
Ming Dynasty - Note the bird rocket.

aronnax
Mar 18, 2009, 06:57 AM
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/4204/ac6407.jpg (http://img22.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ac6407.jpg)
Song Dynasty I think.

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/3854/3a5107.jpg (http://img23.imageshack.us/my.php?image=3a5107.jpg)
Ming Dynasty Cannon.

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/382/6fcc45.jpg (http://img8.imageshack.us/my.php?image=6fcc45.jpg)
Dont know...

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/3716/7d4d53.jpg (http://img19.imageshack.us/my.php?image=7d4d53.jpg)
Tang Troops

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/2253/7db0e6.jpg (http://img19.imageshack.us/my.php?image=7db0e6.jpg)
Eastern Han

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/7130/95fdd8.jpg (http://img25.imageshack.us/my.php?image=95fdd8.jpg)
Tang Ships

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/7954/132cdf.jpg (http://img6.imageshack.us/my.php?image=132cdf.jpg)
I think its either Song or Ming

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/6739/877355.jpg (http://img14.imageshack.us/my.php?image=877355.jpg)
Shang Dynasty

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/5383/0004374854.jpg (http://img8.imageshack.us/my.php?image=0004374854.jpg)
Ming Hand-gun

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/3935/0004375041.jpg (http://img22.imageshack.us/my.php?image=0004375041.jpg)
The Bird Rocket

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/3328/a5ebf8.jpg (http://img23.imageshack.us/my.php?image=a5ebf8.jpg)
Qing Dynasty, Sino-Japanese War

Dann
Mar 18, 2009, 09:12 PM
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/382/6fcc45.jpg (http://img8.imageshack.us/my.php?image=6fcc45.jpg)
Dont know...
Spring and Autumn/Warring States era, the southern dukedoms/kingdoms (Chu, Wu, Yueh, etc.). That area was still heavily forested and considered the wild southern frontier/barbarian territory then.

Traitorfish
Mar 21, 2009, 09:33 PM
I actually have a book that some of those are from- Imperial Chinese Armies: 200BC- 589AD (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Imperial-Chinese-Armies-BC-589-Men-at-arms/dp/1855325144/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1237689111&sr=8-1). S'good. The publisher does tonnes of them, they're pretty cool. Not too heavy or academic and lots of cool illustrations, which is lucky if you have a short attention span. :p