Keywords: Illustrations of Ming Dynasty Bows.png en Illustrations of Ming dynasty bows The left-most three bows are from Wu Bei Yao Lue author Cheng Ziyi The right-most three bows are from Wu Bei Zhi author Mao Yuanyi From left-to-right general-purpose bow 用弓 big-siyah bow 大弰弓 Taiping Village bow 太平寨弓 Xifan wooden bow 西番 弓 small-siyah bow 小稍弓 and Kaiyuan bow 元弓 2011-07-21 Composite of illustrations from two Ming dynasty military texts Wu Bei Yao Lue 1638 and Wu Bei Zhi 17th century CE Cheng Ziyi Wu Bei Yao Lue ; Mao Yuanyi Wu Bei Zhi PD-old-100 PD-old PD-Art PD-old-auto Recurve bows Military of Ming China |