Missing Material in my Resource
Dear Folks:
I feel a bit as though the rug has been pulled out from under me. Perhaps there are researchers who might be able to recommend some options for me.
I have been doing research into the nature of how Koreans come to determine what information is used and what material is discarded in establishing their Martial Traditions over the centuries. Currently the venue that I am examining is the MU YEI TOBO TONG JI (lit: "Comprehensive Illustated Manual of Martial Arts") recently translated by Dr. Sang H Kim (See: Turtle Press; 2000). The KWON BUP (Lit: "Fist Method") is stated to be drawn from the Boxing Canon of General Qi, Ji-guang's training manual, JIN XIAO SHIN SHU (lit: "Manual of New Training Methods") published in 1568. Actually there is only the most cursory correlation between the two works but that view is for another post sometime, yes?
The problem that I have is that General Qi-s manual is comprised of some 32 stanzas each of which speaks to the high-points of some approach to Chinese Boxing his troops were to use for their h2h training (See: Douglas Wile). The copy of the manual that I am using courtesy of an interlibrary loan has only 24 stanzas. Please note that I am not speaking of pages missing from the text. I have checked and rechecked the pagination and all of the pages are there. Rather, apparently the copy of the manual that I have was published missing 8 of the 32 stanzas.
Certainly I have thought about approaching other libraries through an academic library rather than a public library. However I have never been in a position where I have had to stipulate that a library first check a book to make sure that the person who published the book included everything that was suppose to be there. Does anyone have any thoughts?
Best Wishes,
Bruce
Bruce W Sims
www.midwesthapkido.com