The study of the history of wrestling seems to have a Western bent. I feel that more wrestling history from China should be included. I have attached a paper by Naidan Xu who is a doctoral student at Beijing Sport University. https://inwr-wrestling.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/A-Brief-History-of-Ancient-Chinese-Wrestling-xunaidan-1.pdf
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