Qi Jiguang

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Portrait of Qi Jiquan

Qi Jiguang ( Chinese  戚繼光  /  戚继光 , Pinyin Qī Jìguāng , W.-G. Ch'i Chi-kuang ; * 1528 ; † 1588 ) was a Chinese military leader who is famous for his fight against Japanese pirates on the Chinese east coast (victory over the pirates 1563).

During the Ming Dynasty, General Qi Jiguang planned and implemented the construction of a gigantic bulwark to protect his nation from attacks by the Mongols: the Great Wall ("Great Wall of China"). This integrated the already existing parts in a single structure.

In district Jiaojiang (椒江) the city of Taizhou (Zhejiang) , there is a Qi Jiguang Memorial Hall . A naval training ship from the People's Republic of China is named Qi Jiguang 83 .

Works

  • General Qi Jiguang's Guide to Fist Fighting . Translated by Dr. Martin Boedicker. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2014, ISBN 978-1505806595
  • 紀 效 新書 [New Handbook of Proven Military Concepts]. 華聯 出版社 , 台北 1983. (Chinese)
  • 練兵 實 紀 [Practical Troop Training Records]. In: 刘鲁民 (主编) :中国 兵书 集成.中国人民解放军 出版社, 北京 1998, 第 19 册. (Chinese)

literature

  • Kai Filipiak: The Chinese Martial Art - Mirror and Element of Traditional Chinese Culture. Leipziger Universitätsverlag, Leipzig 2001

See also

Web links

Commons : Qi Jiguang  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. GPM: Primeiru-Ministru Taur Matan Ruak Hala'o Vizita Kortezia ba Ró Militár Xina, Qi Jiguang , October 9, 2019 , accessed on October 12, 2019.