Evaluation of Chinese traditional military settlements’ defensive capabilities via principal component analysis (PCA): a case study of coastal Wei forts in the Ming dynasty

Heritage Science

Table 5 The correlation between the Wei forts defense capabilities and the victory probabilities

Wei fort	Number of wars	Number of victories	Defensive capability index	Victory rate (V)
Taicang Wei	72	21	0.209	0.292
Zhenhai Wei	72	21	0.232	0.292
Huaian Wei	17	7	0.183	0.412
Jinshan Wei	98	36	0.316	0.367
Songmen Wei	27	12	0.185	0.444
Haimen Wei	34	14	0.267	0.412
Panshi Wei	27	10	0.198	0.370
Changguo Wei	26	8	0.215	0.308
Guanhai Wei	55	22	0.152	0.400
Linshan Wei	53	23	0.314	0.434
Lingshan Wei	5	2	0.205	0.400
Aoshan Wei	4	2	0.247	0.500
Jinghai Wei	3	1	0.144	0.333
Chengshan Wei	3	1	0.115	0.333
Dasong Wei	5	2	0.105	0.400
Yongning Wei	24	9	0.216	0.375
Pinghai Wei	12	4	0.122	0.333
Zhendong Wei	16	7	0.178	0.438
Hainan Wei	14	7	0.337	0.500
Chaozhou Wei	38	17	0.444	0.447
Jieshi Wei	2	1	0.320	0.500
Guanghai Wei	2	2	0.632	1.000
Leizhou Wei	2	1	0.295	0.500
Middle Fuzhou Wei	14	5	0.120	0.357
Xinghua Wei	11	4	0.114	0.364
Quanzhou Wei	25	9	0.141	0.360
Left Fuzhou Wei	14	5	0.092	0.357
Right Fuzhou Wei	15	6	0.137	0.400
Fujing Wei	14	4	0.197	0.286
Dinghai Wei	44	12	0.159	0.273
Haining Wei	70	23	0.192	0.329
Suzhou Wei	35	14	0.254	0.400
Yangzhou Wei	14	9	0.170	0.643
Zhenhai Wei	37	21	0.415	0.568
Gaoyou Wei	11	6	0.214	0.545
Dahei Wei	16	6	0.320	0.375
Dengzhou Wei	5	3	0.214	0.600
Ninghai Wei	3	1	0.186	0.333
Jinzhou Wei	5	3	0.241	0.600
Nanhai Wei	3	1	0.339	0.333
Shendian Wei	2	1	0.298	0.500
Zhangzhou Wei	26	12	0.230	0.462
Zhenyi Wei	16	9	0.297	0.563
Andong Wei	7	3	0.333	0.429
Left Qingzhou Wei	2	1	0.386	0.500
Laizhou Wei	5	2	0.245	0.400
Weihai Wei	5	1	0.151	0.200
Wenzhou Wei	28	12	0.246	0.429
Tianjin Wei	6	4	0.590	0.667
Lulong Wei	3	1	0.119	0.333
Funing Wei	3	1	0.078	0.333
Shanhai Wei	2	1	0.098	0.500