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Wed Nov 5, 2008, 1:27 PM
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~CaTigeReptile Sep 14, 2008, 4:07:36 PM
A Study of Early Chinese Armor
Albert E. Dien
Artibus Asiae, Vol. 43, No. 1/2 (1981), pp. 5-66
Published by: Artibus Asiae Publishers


It has illustrations of and pictures-of-statues-with all sorts of ancient chinese armor, including Qin, Eastern-and-western-Han, "Wei-Chin," and, of course, more 'modern' things. My normal 'Zhang Liao' armor appears to be about 200 years ahead of its time, but there also appears to be chainmail.
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~ZhaoWuxia Sep 16, 2008, 6:22:14 PM
Mhmm, I've read that article.

Chainmail is pretty rare, but I've seen a few, and heard of some more.

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Man is Evil by nature. -Xun Zi

Therefore its existence is a crime, and its punishment is death.
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~CaTigeReptile Sep 17, 2008, 5:06:27 AM
Ah, I figured you had.

So: What's your opinion on stirrups? When do you think they started being used?
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~ZhaoWuxia Sep 17, 2008, 8:09:50 AM
I'm still of the opinion that real stirrups began use during the Northern/Southern period, since you started seeing a lot of heavily armored, lance using cataphracts coming into style at that time. :3

And you?

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Man is Evil by nature. -Xun Zi

Therefore its existence is a crime, and its punishment is death.
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~CaTigeReptile Sep 17, 2008, 10:10:26 AM
I think they were in use around if not before the three kingdoms because it became really popular to use Xiao Shou Ji on horseback at that time, which would require two free hands, but my guess is pretty uneducated.
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