Science and Civilisation in China, Volume V, Part 6 is the first of the three parts dealing with the art of war in ancient and medieval China. (Part 7 on gunpowder and all aspects of explosive weapons has already been published). The present volume opens with an introduction on Chinese attitudes to warfare in general. Four major sections follow: on the making and use of simple bows; on the crossbow, the standard weapon of the Han armies, and its introduction to the Western world; on the pre-gunpowder forms of artillery, including the invention of the trebuchet; and on the art of siege warfare...