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Lin Tse-Hsu said at the dawn of the Opium War that British soldiers were impeded in fighting because they wore pants. Was this purely rhetoric or did he not understand this article of clothing?
>Also their legs are firmly bound with cloth, and consequently it is extremely inconvenient for them to stretch.
-Lin Tse-Hsu, September 24, 1839
As above. Was this a legitimate belief or just bluster? Do we have much understanding about what the Qing Chinese thought about pants in general?
u/HistoryofHowWePlay — 3 days ago