Chinese Wushu Emei Daggers (峨嵋刺), also known as piercers, hold a significant place in the rich history and tradition of Chinese martial arts.
The Chinese Emei Daggers
Sun Tzu’s 2500-years-old “Art of War”: Deception as a Fundamental Strategy
The ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu, an honorific title meaning “Master Sun”, emphasized the importance of deception as a fundamental strategy in warfare. In his renowned work, “The Art of War,” he stressed the value of careful planning, intelligence gathering, creating illusions, feigning weaknesses, and exploiting the weaknesses of the enemy. His emphasis on flexibility, adaptability, and the strategic use of resources has made The Art of War a timeless masterpiece, still relevant in today’s world.
Lingchi “Death by a Thousand Cuts”: 18 Centuries of Gruesome Chinese Torture
Lingchi , usually translated as ‘death by a thousand cuts’, ‘death by division’, ‘slow slicing’, ‘lingering death’, ‘slow process’, , was a slow and extremely painful execution method in which a knife was used to make small shallow cuts all over the body of the victim until death.
Ching Shih: The Chinese Prostitute Who Became The Most Successful Pirate in History
Ching Shih was a chinese prostitute turned pirate that commandeer the famous Red Flag Fleet. She was the most successful chinese pirate woman, but also the most succesful in history,
3,000 Years of Human Ritual Sacrifice in Ancient China
Human ritual sacrifice, a gruesome practice in which people were ceremonially slaughtered as offerings to gods, supernatural beings, or ancestors, has a haunting history across various civilizations. While these brutal killings have occurred in numerous civilizations throughout history, ancient Chinese culture was unique due to the intensity with which it occurred, its scale and brutality, and the hordes of people massacred.