A Ming-kori katonai víváselmélet leírása és elemzése a Jixiao Xinshu víváselméleti értekezései alapján

The famous 16th century military handbook, Jixiao Xinshu 紀效新書 contains the earliest known surviving treatises on fencing theory in the history of Chinese martial arts. The author, General Qi Jiguang 戚繼光, collected those teachings of fencing theory in the 10th and 12th chapters of the book, considering them necessary in the context of the military application of martial arts. The present paper introduces the difficulties of interpreting the concepts of fencing theory described in Jixiao Xinshu, with a special focus on the problems caused by inconsistent editing, then suggests an interpretational framework that makes it possible give a structured description and analysis of the concepts of fencing theory in Jixiao Xinshu. Finally, placing the sources in the mentioned framework, the paper examines Ming era military fencing theories in detail.