Chinese Archery Book

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Chinese Archery by Stephen Selby

US$29.95
HK$225
10% discount for email orders direct from the publisher. (See below)

This book is a broad view of traditional archery in China as seen through the eyes of historians, philosophers, poets, artists, novelists and strategists from 1500 BC until the present century. The book is written around parallel text translations of classical Chinese sources - some famous and some little known - in which Chinese writers give vivid and detailed explanations of bow-building, archery and crossbow technique over the centuries. The author is both a sinologist and practising archer. His translations make the original Chinese texts accessible to the non-specialist. Written for readers who may never have picked up a book about China, but still containing a wealth of detail for Chinese scholars, the book brings the fascinating history of Chinese archery back to life through the voices of its most renowned practitioners.

Stephen Selby holds an MA Hons Degree in Chinese from Edinburgh University (1974). He has worked in the Hong Kong Government for twenty years. During that time he has pursued his interest in Chinese language and culture. He has had a number of articles published on Chinese culture, history and traditional law. He has a keen interest in Asiatic archery and his researches have taken him to the Chinese mainland, Japan, Korea and Mongolia.

Hong Kong University Press.
444 pp. 242 x 165 mm. 1999.
Paperback. ISBN 962-209-501-1.

ORDERING INFORMATION

'Chinese Archery' is available directly from the publisher by email. Please do not contact ATARN to order the book.

If you order the book directly from the publisher, you will be eligible for a 10 per cent discount off the bookshop price of US$29.95. To place your order, go to the Hong Kong University Press website.

If you are a book distributor or retailer, please contact the publisher to inquire about trade terms.

Updated 06 December, 2003