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
Guoyu → preservedIn → Siku Quanshu ⓘ
Book of Jin → preservedIn → Siku Quanshu ⓘ
Book of Chen → preservedIn → Siku Quanshu ⓘ
Mingshi → cataloguedIn → Siku Quanshu ⓘ
subject linked to: Mingshi (History of Ming)
Guliang Commentary → includedIn → Siku Quanshu ⓘ