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trememberexactlyhowheputit）Afterreadingthebook,Iwouldassumethattheauthornockedthearrowperpendiculartothestring（notpointingdownorpointingup）andthearrowwouldpassthroughthepointwhichisonefingerwidthbelowthetopofthegrip.

IhavenotreadanyarticlesonChineseArcherythatmentionanythingaboutthetoplimbbeingslightlylongerthanthebottomlimbandIwouldliketoknowifyouhave.

StephenSelby

No,IhavenotseensuchcommentsinChinesetexts.Chinesebowsseemalwaystohavebeensymmetrical,andChineseregardedassymetricalbows（e.g.Japaneseyumi）asanoddity.ButalowgripseemstobeshownonsomeearlyChinese（e.g.Han）imagesonarcheologicalremains.

PaintingonaWesternHanpotteryurn.c.100BC

CopyrightStephenSelby1998

However,toconfusethesituationslighly,thecorrectgripforshootingthestone-bowalwaysrequiredthebow-handtobedroppedwellbelowcentre.Sometimes,itishardtoseeonarchaeologicalremainswhetherastone-boworarrow-bowisintended.

WesternHanTombbrickshowingastonebowarcheronhorseback

AsfarasIknow,theChinesebowoftheQingdynastyhadbothlimbsofthesamelength.Correct.ButIcannotbesurethattheweightsoftheupperandlowerlimbswereequal.

SoonSee

Ialsonoticedfromsomephotos（includingtheoneinyourarticlespublishedinInstinctiveArcher）

PhotographbyJohnTomson.c.1865

Repro.CopyrightStephenSelby1998

thatarchersshootingbowsofQingdynastynockedtheirarrowsatthecenterofthestringwhichmadethearrowspointupward. 

Iamcurioustoknowwhatyouthinkaboutthatandifyouhavetriedthat. 

Ihaveneverhadgoodresultwithnockingatthecenterofthestringwhichmakesthearrowpointupward.

No.Chinesearcherymanualsareexplicitonthepointthatarrowsmaypointstraightahead（preferred）ordown,butneverup.Thephotographinmyarticlemaynotbeahelpfulexample:

Isuspectthearcherwasgettingtiredofholdingatfulldrawforthephotographandstartedlosinghisstance!

Ipersonallythinkthebestplacetonockanarrowisatthecenterofthestring. 

Ifbothtopandbottomlimbsareofthesamelengththenthe（pointofthe）arrowwouldbepointingup（whichIneverhadsuccessfulresultwith,thearrowwouldslapmyhand）. 

Ifthetoplimbisslightlylongerthanthebottomlimbthenthearrowmaybeperpendiculartothestring.Pleaseletmeknowwhatyouthinkandwhatyourexperienceswere.

Myunderstandingofmodernrecurvesisthattheupperlimbismorepowerfulthantheloweroneandthereforethearrowmustbenockedabovecentretocompensate.Idonotknowthetheorybehindthat.MyownChineseshootingtechniqueistoensurethatthearrowformsanangleat90degreestothestringbeforedrawingandthatitpassesovermythumbslightlyhigherthanthecentreofthegripasmybow-handfingersneedtohavegoodcontactwiththefrontofthegrip.

TomDuvernay

InregardstoKoreanbows,thelimbsmaybeofsimilar/samelength,butstrengthwillvarybetweenupperandlower（aswillbraceheight）.

BedeDwyer

IhavethematerialfromtheMiddleEastontheasymetricalityofbows.ItappearsinSaracenArchery,whereMcEwenmadeareproductionofthebowandtestedit,andinArabArchery.ArabArcheryhasdescriptionsofoldArabwoodenbowsaswellascomposites.ThebowsdepictedonSassaniansilverplatesgenerallyseemtohavealargerupperlimbandLathamandPaterson（SaracenArchery）relatedthistoaCentralAsianprototype.However,thedifferencesinlimbsizeweresmallcomparedtoJapaneseyumis.

ENDS

CrossbowsintheQinShiHuangTomb

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ThisisthebodyofaletterIsenttoEdwardMcEwenafterbuyingabookonSaturday.Itisreasonablyself-explanatory,exceptformycommentsaboutthebowstring.ForanumberofyearsIhavedoubtedreconstructionsofChinesecrossbowswithtwolittlebarsoneitherlimbonthebellysideofthebows.Ifoundanexcavationreportwhichidentifiedtheshadowsintheearthoftheexcavationasstrutstogiveshapetoacanvasbow-cover.Thiswasclearinthedrawingsfromthesite.Sothestrutsexisted,butwerenotattachedtothebow.Thiswasintheexcavationoftheterracottawarriors.

Iwouldbeinterestedifanyonehasturnedupanymoreinformationonthismodelcrossbow,particularlyhowitwasreconstructed.

Theletterfollows:

Ihavejustboughtabookwithsomereallyinterestingphotosinit.Idonotknowifyouhaveseenityet,butthetitleisTheQinTerracotta 

Army 

TreasuresofLintongbyZhangWenlipublishedbyScalaBooksandCulturalRelicsPublishingHouse,1996,reprinted1998.

Forgoodphotographicreproductions,see'

BronzeChariotsandHorsesofQinShiHuang'

sMausoleum'

Ed.WuYongqietal.TaiDaPublishingCompany.ISBN9627084646.Hereispartofa 

relevantphotographbyGuoYouming（copyright）,editedandenhancedbyStephenSelby,forprivateresearchandstudy.

Thereareagroupofcolourphotographsofthehalf-sizemodelchariotsandhorsesmadeofbronzefeaturingsomedetailedpicturesandafewmeasurementsofthecrossbowandarrowsthataccompaniedoneofthechariots.Thearrowsareoftwotypes:

bluntsandnarrowbroadheads.Thefletchingispaintedwhiteasaretheblunts.Thearrowshavenocksandareunlikewesternquarrels.Threeimitationfeathersaremountedsomedistancefromthenock,probablyequi-distantfromeachotherandhavingthesamerelationtothenockaswesterntargetarrows（i.e.notthe"

Oriental"

style）.TheshapeofthefeathersissimilartoplainJapanesefletching:

roundedleadingedge,paralleltopandbottom,andtrailingrearedge.Therewasaquivermountedontheleftfrontcornerofthechariotbody.Thereisalsoanarrowboxwithahingedlidandachainsuspensionforstoringarrows.

Thereconstructionofthecrossbowisproblematical.Themajorareaofcontroversy,frommyviewpoint,isthestring.Inthephotographofthechariotasexcavated（averyflatchariot）,thebowisdetachedfromthestockandthestringisnotvisible.Thereconstructed（read"

putbacktogether"

）crossbowhasabronzebridleofcordconnectingittothestock.Theholeinthestockforthebridlehasatwistedstringrunthroughittiedateitherendtopointsonesixthofthewayfromtherespectivebowtips.Thisstringisapieceoftwistedbronzewireanditrunsstraightbetweenitsend-points.Theshootingstringisasmoothbronzeobjectwiththickerloopsateachendhookedoverthetipsofthebow.Theendloopsseemintegralastherearenovisibleknots.Thisthickerstringrunsoverandtouchesthetopofthestock.Thestockhasadecoratedlockandbutt-capwithasubstantialtriggerguard.ThestockhasaprofilesimilartolaterHancrossbowstock,withtheexceptionofitspistolgrip,whichisanunadornedverticalcylinderdroppingfromthestocktotherearofthetriggerguard.

Themeasurementsareasfollows:

bow70.2cm

bowstring66cm

stock39.2cm

bluntarrow35.4cm

broadheadarrow35.2cm

blunt2.2cm

arrowbox38cm（l）x5.4cm（w）x11.8cm（h）

Whenthedimensionsaredoubled,anideaofarealcrossbowisarrivedatwithouttoomuchtrouble.Thenockedarrowsthenareseentobejustunder28inchesandthebowwouldbeabout55incheslongmountedonastockofalmost31inches.Thecross-sectionsofthebowcanbeguessedfromthephotographsandtheysuggestabowwithbroadlenticularworkinglimbstaperingtotriangular（orpentagonal）tips.Thepointwherethebindingoccurslookstobewheretheworkinglimbstops.Thisbowisonthewaytoneedingreinforcingbonestripsatthenocks.

Twobarsprojectfromthefrontofthechariotonthecentreoftheleftside.Theyaretippedwithcurvinghooksofthetype,whichwerethoughoncetobemountedonthestockofthecrossbowtomountthebow.Thisiswherethecrossbowsitswhenitisnotinuse.Thebowisheldbythehooksandthetriggerguardleansagainsttheslopingfrontpanelofthechariot.Ifthestockwereslidbetweenthetwobars,withthebowunderneath,thenthearchercoulddrawthebowstringuptothelockmoreeasily.Ihadoftenwonderedhowastrongcrossbowcouldeverhavebeenbracedinachariot.

Ihopeyoufindthisinteresting.Ihavereceivedane-mailfromDrGraysonandIamgoingtosendhimacopyofthisinformation.

Ihaveinspectedthereconstructionpersonally,accompaniedbyoneofthepeoplewhoworkedontheexcavation,Prof.WANGXueli.Hemadethepointtomethatnomatterhowmanyoriginalcrossbowstockshavebeenexcavated,no 

prodshaveeverbeenfound.Noteventhetracesofwheretheyhadbeen.HeandIagreethatthebowswereneverburiedwiththestocks.The 

Qincrossbowwassimplyafiringmechanismforthebow,whichcouldberemovedandusedasanormalbow.Eachsuchbow 

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