Editing Musket (section)

====China====
Arquebuses were imported by the [[Ming dynasty]] (1368–1644) at an uncertain point, but the Ming only began fielding matchlocks in 1548.{{sfn|Andrade|2016|p=171}} The Chinese used the term "bird-gun" to refer to arquebuses and Turkish arquebuses may have reached China before Portuguese ones.{{sfn|Chase|2003|p=144}} In Zhao Shizhen's book of 1598 AD, the ''Shenqipu'', there were illustrations of [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] [[Turkish people|Turkish]] musketeers with detailed illustrations of their muskets, alongside European musketeers with detailed illustrations of their muskets.{{sfn|Needham|1986|pp=447–454}} There was also illustration and description of how the Chinese had adopted the Ottoman kneeling position in firing while using European-made muskets,{{sfn|Needham|1986|pp=449–452}} though Zhao Shizhen described the Turkish muskets as being superior to the European muskets.{{sfn|Needham|1986|p=444}} The ''[[Wu Pei Chih]]'' (1621) later described Turkish muskets that used a [[rack and pinion]] mechanism, which was not known to have been used in any European or Chinese firearms at the time.{{sfn|Needham|1986|p=446}}