Yongle Encyclopedia
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yongle-encyclopedia-166-17468597
title:
Yongle Encyclopedia
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The Yongle Encyclopedia or Yongle Dadian Chinese leishu encyclopedia commissioned by the Yongle Emperor (r. 1402–1424) of the Ming dynasty in 1403 and completed by 1408. It comprised 22,937 manuscript rolls in 11,095 volumes. Fewer than 400 volumes survive today, comprising about 800 rolls, or 3.5% of the original work. Most of the text was lost during the latter half of the 19th century, in the midst of events including the Second Opium War and the Boxer Rebellion. Its sheer scope and size made
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Chinese encyclopedia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yongle_Encyclopedia
date created:
2003-09-26T16:09:42Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T02:25:01Z
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