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693: 561: 140: 617: 25: 363:) (1473–1544) was a skilled martial arts expert and an upright and devoted military general. Strongly influenced by his family, Qi Jiguang took an early interest in the military. As a child, he built ramparts from clay, piled up rubble to form barracks, and made flags from bamboo sticks and paper to play war games with his friends and himself as the commander. 707: 439:'s coastal defense, he had less than 10,000 troops at hand, though the recorded strength was 30,000. Furthermore, many of his soldiers who were young and strong men deserted to make a living elsewhere, leaving behind the old and the weak. The troops also lacked training and discipline, while the defense works were dilapidated due to years of negligence. 678: 721: 390:
broke through the northern defenses and laid siege to Beijing. Candidates participating in the martial arts exam were mobilized to defend the nine gates of the capital. Qi Jiguang twice submitted defense proposals to the emperor and was noted to have displayed extraordinary valor and military cunning
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The first trial for Qi's new army came in 1559. After a month-long battle with wokou pirate in Taizhou Prefecture, the pirates suffered over 5,000 casualties, while Qi's army established a name for itself among both the people of Zhejiang and its enemies. Partly as a result of Qi's military success
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pirates. The marauders that terrorized the Eastern coastlines were hardly pirates. They constructed inland bases on land and besieged walled cities. They conducted continuous raids for at least two decades. Additionally, they weren't just Japanese. Most of the time, they worked together with mixed
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During the early reign of the Wanli Emperor (1570s), the Mongol army led by Dong Huli, chieftain of the Duoyan tribe, continuously invaded the Ming territory. Qi Jiguang's troops defeated them many times and captured Dong Huli's younger brother Changtu. When Dong Huli brought his nephew and 300
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When his father died, Qi Jiguang took over the commandership of Dengzhou Garrison at the age of 17. As his siblings were still young, he married Lady Wang and left domestic affairs to her. Besides building up the naval defense at the garrison, he also led his troops in the defense of
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Chinese bands, with the latter frequently dominating. Even Chinese explorers provided their leadership. However, the Japanese pirates were the main combatants. Japan served as the base of the invasion, and the Japanese provided all military expertise and equipment.
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and fell out of favor with the Wanli Emperor after the death of Zhang. In early 1583, Qi was relieved of his duty. His wife left him soon after and he spent the rest of his years in poverty and ailing health.
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Seeing the pirate infestation in Fujian subdued, Qi then returned to Zhejiang to regroup. The pirates took the opportunity to invade Fujian again, this time succeeding in conquering Xinghua (興化, present day
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In April 1563, Qi Jiguang led 10,000 troops into Fujian and reclaimed Xinghua. Over the next year, a series of victories by Qi Jiguang's army finally saw the pirate problem in Fujian resolved.
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clansmen to beg tearfully for mercy at the outpost, Qi Jiguang accepted their surrender. Dong released captives from his previous plunders and vowed to never invade Jizhou again.
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because he believed these people to be honest and hardworking. He also oversaw the construction of 44 naval vessels of various sizes to be used against pirates at sea.
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In the winter of 1572, Qi also conducted a month-long military exercise involving more than 100,000 troops. Based on his experience with the exercise he wrote the
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With the situation in Zhejiang under control, Qi shifted his focus to drilling his soldiers. He drafted mainly miners and farmers from the county of
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In July 1562, Qi Jiguang led 6,000 elite troops south into Fujian. Within two months, his army had eradicated three major lairs of wokou pirates at
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In the next year, he was given command of the troops in Jizhou to defend against the Mongols. Qi oversaw the repair work on the segment of the
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After eliminating the pirate threat, Qi Jiguang was called to Beijing in late 1567 to take charge of training the imperial guards.
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province to a family with a long military tradition. His forefather served as a military leader under the
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A historical portrayal of Qi Jiguang by actor Yu Beng Lim is represented in the 2007–2008 joint
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Millinger, James F.; Fang, Chaoying (1976), Goodrich, L. Carrington; Fang, Chaoyang (eds.),
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where the pirating situation had spiraled out of control. Together with two other generals,
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In September 1565, a major battle against wokou pirates was fought on the island of
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Qi Jiguang's late years in Shandong are the subject of the 1980 Hong Kong film,
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pirate activities in the 16th century, as well as for the reinforcement of the
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In 1553, Qi Jiguang was promoted to Assistant Regional Military Commissioner (
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At the age of 22, Qi Jiguang headed for Beijing to take part in the martial
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Qi Jiguang documented his ideas and experience in the form of two books on
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and died in battle. When Zhu Yuanzhang became the founding emperor of the
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An English Translation of General Qi Jiguang's "Quanjing Jieyao Pian"
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is another fictional portrayal of the General and his wife, with
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provided a fictional account of Qi Jiguang enlisting the help of
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continued to test Qi's defenses, though without much success.
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1587, a Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline
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in Zhejiang, pirate activities surged in the province of
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during the battle, and saw the defeat of the invaders.
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During this time, Mongol troops led by 109:Learn how and when to remove this message 870:) depicts the conflict with the pirates. 676: 559: 350:Garrison, a district of the present day 1252:16th-century Chinese military personnel 1116:Dictionary of Ming Biography, 1368-1644 948: 262: 1008: 427:) of Shandong's defense force against 1197:from the original on November 9, 2013 979: 967: 7: 442:In the fall of 1555, Qi was sent to 47:adding citations to reliable sources 886:The 2008 Chinese television series 16:Chinese military general and writer 14: 395:Battles against the wokou pirates 357:Qi Jiguang's father Qi Jingtong ( 764:He also wrote a great number of 719: 705: 691: 661:Qi was politically connected to 620:Statue of Qi Jiguang in Badaling 417:during Qi Jiguang's time (blue). 138: 23: 34:needs additional citations for 1044:"The Warrant of Assassination" 816:) was named after Qi Jiguang. 790:A type of hard pancake called 556:Years on the northern frontier 252: 1: 839:People's Liberation Army Navy 772:, which he compiled into the 875:The Warrant of Assassination 762:Record of Military Training. 669:He died on 17 January 1588. 641:Records of Military Training 575:With the revolt against the 1181:Gyves, Clifford M. 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