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*''Chinese'': 四庫全書 ''(Sìkù Quánshū)'' | *''Chinese'': 四庫全書 ''(Sìkù Quánshū)'' | ||
| − | The ''Sìkù quánshū'' is a collection of Chinese texts compiled by some 4000 scholars at the order of the [[Qianlong Emperor]] in [[1772]] to [[1781]]. It is the largest collection of Chinese texts ever assembled historically. | + | The ''Sìkù quánshū'' is a collection of Chinese texts compiled by some 4000 scholars at the order of the [[Qianlong Emperor]] in [[1772]] to [[1781]]. It is the largest collection of Chinese texts ever assembled historically, containing some 3400 texts in 80,000 volumes, collected into 36,000 fascicles. |
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| + | The collection is organized into four categories: [[Confucianism]], history, philosophy and natural philosophy, and literature. | ||
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Revision as of 18:54, 24 February 2018
- Chinese: 四庫全書 (Sìkù Quánshū)
The Sìkù quánshū is a collection of Chinese texts compiled by some 4000 scholars at the order of the Qianlong Emperor in 1772 to 1781. It is the largest collection of Chinese texts ever assembled historically, containing some 3400 texts in 80,000 volumes, collected into 36,000 fascicles.
The collection is organized into four categories: Confucianism, history, philosophy and natural philosophy, and literature.
