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The Original Wikipedia: Siku Quanshu

https://manuscript.org/event/manuscript-mondays-the-original-wikipedia-siku-quanshu-project-36381-volumes-literature-historyphilosophy/

“In 1772, Emperor Qianlong of China, a prolific poet, major art patron, and insatiable collector, ordered the largest encyclopedic compilation of books in Chinese history. Within 10 years, a team of more than 350 scholars and hundreds of editors had compiled 36,381 volumes (2.3 million pages) of the Siku Quanshu. Also known as the Complete Library in Four Sections only seven copies were made. Four of which survive today in Chinese libraries.”

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siku_Quanshu


OpenEdition schlägt Ihnen vor, diesen Beitrag wie folgt zu zitieren:
Klaus Graf (2. April 2024). The Original Wikipedia: Siku Quanshu. Archivalia. Abgerufen am 19. Januar 2025 von https://doi.org/10.58079/w5ev


Autor: Klaus Graf

Historiker und Archivar, Blogger

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