Siku Quanshu

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Siku Quanshu is an enormous 18th-century Chinese imperial encyclopedia and library collection that systematically compiled, edited, and classified the major works of Chinese literature, history, philosophy, and classics.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese encyclopedia
imperial library collection
literary canon
approximateCharacters about 800 million characters
associatedScholar Dai Zhen
Zhu Yun
chiefEditor Ji Yun
Lu Xixiong
ChineseName 四庫全書
linked to: Siku Quanshu
classificationSystem Four Treasuries
commissionedBy Qianlong Emperor
compilationDuration about 10 years
compiledInCentury 18th century
copyCount 7 complete manuscript sets
copyLocation Wenhui Ge, Yangzhou
Wenjin Ge, Chengde
Wenjin Ge, Yuanmingyuan (Old Summer Palace)
Wenlan Ge, Hangzhou
Wenyuan Ge, Forbidden City, Beijing
linked to: Forbidden City

other regional imperial libraries
countryOfOrigin China
dynasty Qing dynasty
editorialOffice Siku Quanshu Compilation Office
linked to: Hanlin Academy
endOfCompilation 1782
excludedWorks banned or destroyed for political reasons
format manuscript
historicalSignificance largest premodern Chinese encyclopedia
major project of Qing scholarly compilation
includesComponent Siku Quanshu zongmu (general catalogue)
linked to: Siku Quanshu

Siku Quanshu zongmu tiyao (annotated abstracts)
linked to: Siku Quanshu
influenced later Chinese bibliographic classification
language Classical Chinese
material paper
modernForm digital database editions
photographic facsimile editions
punctuated printed editions
numberOfVolumes about 36000 juan
numberOfWorksIncluded over 3400 works
purpose imperial cultural project
systematic compilation of major Chinese works
textual control and censorship
relatedEvent literary inquisition under Qianlong
scriptType handwritten
selectionProcess imperial review and censorship
startOfCompilation 1772
subjectArea Chinese classics
linked to: Confucian classics

Chinese history
Chinese literature
Chinese philosophy
translation Complete Library of the Four Treasuries
linked to: Siku Quanshu
treasuryCategory ji (belles-lettres)
jing (classics)
linked to: Confucian classics

shi (history)
zi (philosophy and masters)

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Qianlong Emperor notableWork Siku Quanshu
Siku Quanshu ChineseName 四庫全書
linked to: Siku Quanshu
Siku Quanshu translation Complete Library of the Four Treasuries
linked to: Siku Quanshu
Siku Quanshu includesComponent Siku Quanshu zongmu (general catalogue)
linked to: Siku Quanshu
Siku Quanshu includesComponent Siku Quanshu zongmu tiyao (annotated abstracts)
linked to: Siku Quanshu