Compilation of the Siku Quanshu

Period

1772–1782

Region

China

Place

베이징

Category

Culture

The Siku Quanshu, literally the Complete Library of the Four Treasuries, is a Chinese encyclopedia commissioned during the Qing dynasty by the Qianlong Emperor. Commissioned in 1772 and completed in 1782, the Siku quanshu is the largest collection of books in imperial Chinese history, comprising 36,381 volumes, 79,337 manuscript rolls, 2.3 million pages, and about 997 million words. The complete encyclopedia contains an annotated catalogue of 10,680 titles along with a compendium of 3,593 titles. The Siku Quanshu surpassed the 1403 Yongle Encyclopedia created by the previous Ming dynasty, which had been China's largest encyclopedia. Complete copies of the Siku Quanshu are held at the National Library of China in Beijing, the National Palace Museum in Taipei, the Gansu Library in Lanzhou, and the Zhejiang Library in Hangzhou.

Sources: Wikipedia — Siku Quanshu · CC BY-SA 4.0

Earlier and later events nearby

1. 1581Single whip law enacted empire-wide
2. 1601Matteo Ricci enters Beijing
3. 1644Battle of Shanhai Pass
4. 1772–1782Compilation of the Siku QuanshuThis page
5. 1793Macartney Embassy meets the Qianlong Emperor
6. 1919May Fourth Movement
7. 1927–1949Chinese Civil War

Who ruled this land

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