Siku Quanshu
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The Siku Quanshu (Traditional Chinese: 四庫全書; Simplified Chinese: 四库全书; pinyin: Sìkù Quánshū) or the Imperial Collection of Four is the biggest collection of books in the Chinese history (the second after it is Yongle Encyclopedia in Ming Dynasty). The compilation began in 1773, and ended 9 years after in 1782. It incorporates 3503 kind of books, 19337 volumes, 36304 booklets, circa 2.3 million pages, and 800 million characters. The whole book includes most of the ancient works from the Zhou Dynasty to the Emperor Qianlong period, covering all domains of academia.
[edit] Contents
The whole book is divided into four parts:
- 《經》Jing (Classics)
- 《史》Shi (Histories)
- 《子》Zi (Masters)
- 《集》Ji (Collections)
They are in 44 categories, containing Analects of Confucius, Mencius, Great Learning, Doctrine of the Mean, I Ching, Rites of Zhou, Classic of Rites, Classic of Poetry, Spring and Autumn Annals, Shuowen Jiezi, Records of the Grand Historian, Zizhi Tongjian, The Art of War, Guoyu, Stratagems of the Warring States, Compendium of Materia Medica, and other classic works.
[edit] See also
[edit] External link
- Chinese Literature — Chinaknowledege.de
