The Diary of a Manchu Soldier in Seventeenth-Century China
"My Service in the Army", by Dzengseo
By Nicola Di Cosmo
Series: Routledge Studies in the Early History of Asia
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- ISBN: 978-0-415-54447-4
- Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 04/21/2009
- Pages: 156
About the Book
Providing original insights into Chinese military history, Nicola Di Cosmo gives an annotated translation of the only known military diary in pre-modern Chinese history, providing fresh and extensive information on the inner workings of the Ch'ing army. The personal experience of the author, a young Manchu officer fighting in inhospitable South-Western China, take us close to the 'face of the battle' in seventeenth-century China, and enriches our general knowledge of military history.