武经总要

Traditional form:

武經總要

Pinyin (reading):

Wǔ Jīng Zǒng Yào

Definitions:

• "Collection of the Most Important Military Techniques", book published in 1044 during the Northern Song Dynasty

Characters:

• 武 - military; martial, warlike
• 经 - the classics; to experience, to undergo
• 总 - to gather, to collect; overall, altogether
• 要 - essential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to demand

Traditional characters:

• 武 - military; martial, warlike
• 經 - the classics; to experience, to undergo
• 總 - to gather, to collect; overall, altogether
• 要 - essential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to demand