Siku Quanshu (精编盒装)

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Publish Date: 1999-06-01
Features: A monumental cultural project organized by the Qing government, consisting of 24 complete volumes in horizontal, simplified character, modern punctuation format, compiled by renowned scholars. It is divided into the four classical divisions—Jing (Classic), Shi (History), Zi (Philosophy), and Ji (Literature)—collecting 3,503 books and nearly 1 billion characters, making it the largest encyclopedia in ancient China. Since officials in the Siku (Four Treasuries) Project, such as Ji Yun, were among the most famous scholars of the time, it represents the highest academic level of that era. To facilitate research, reference, and study for general readers, this selected version of the "Siku Quanshu" features over 30 million words, modernized with horizontal, simplified characters and standardized punctuation, presented to the readers.