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 Siku Quanshu self-linksurface differs
surface form: 四庫全書
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
Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan)
surface form: Wenjin Ge, Yuanmingyuan (Old Summer Palace)

Wenlan Ge, Hangzhou
Forbidden City
surface form: Wenyuan Ge, Forbidden City, Beijing

other regional imperial libraries
countryOfOrigin China
dynasty Qing dynasty
editorialOffice Hanlin Academy
surface form: Siku Quanshu Compilation Office
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 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Siku Quanshu zongmu (general catalogue)

Siku Quanshu self-linksurface differs
surface form: Siku Quanshu zongmu tiyao (annotated abstracts)
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 Confucian classics
surface form: Chinese classics

Chinese history
Chinese literature
Chinese philosophy
translation Siku Quanshu self-linksurface differs
surface form: Complete Library of the Four Treasuries
treasuryCategory ji (belles-lettres)
Confucian classics
surface form: jing (classics)

shi (history)
zi (philosophy and masters)

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Qianlong Emperor notableWork Siku Quanshu
Siku Quanshu ChineseName Siku Quanshu self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 四庫全書
Siku Quanshu translation Siku Quanshu self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Complete Library of the Four Treasuries
Siku Quanshu includesComponent Siku Quanshu self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Siku Quanshu zongmu (general catalogue)
Siku Quanshu includesComponent Siku Quanshu self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Siku Quanshu zongmu tiyao (annotated abstracts)