The army Qi Jiguang trained was called the 'Qi Family Army' by ordinary people.
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history
He recruited miners and farmers from 义乌 in Zhejiang and drilled them in the 鸳鸯阵 'mandarin duck formation', a twelve-man squad that paired long and short weapons. His manuals 纪效新书 and 练兵实纪 were studied for centuries.
culture
The ring-shaped biscuit 光饼 of Fuzhou is said to be named after him: his soldiers carried them on strings round their necks as marching food.
