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    What was the first Chinese encylcopedia, which consisted of 11,000 volumes?

    Question #73682. Asked by tragic_flawed. (Dec 24 06 12:43 AM)


    zbeckabee

    		Chinese lexicography developed in response to multiplication of characters. The last of a great series of dictionaries (still in standard use) was produced in the reign of K'ang Hsi (1662–1722). So-called encyclopedias, actually extracts from existing works, have been occasionally compiled; one such work of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) ran to over 11,000 short volumes and appeared in three manuscript copies.

    http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/C/Chinesel-styles-of-literature.html


    Dec 24 06, 3:15 AM

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