What's the difference between books and series?

"Zhun Shu" is a traditional reference book in China, which is a collection of classics, history, books, books and other works, with a wide range of contents and almost everything. Comprehensive large-scale books are ancient encyclopedias. This kind of books originated from Huanglan compiled by Confucian officials during the Three Kingdoms period by Wei Wendi Cao Pi, and continued to be compiled and published in successive dynasties. Among them, the more common ones are Literary Lei Ju and Beitang Book Nest, Tai Ping Guang Ji, Tai Yu Ping Lan and Yuan Gui, Yongle Dadian and Three Great Story Paintings in Ming Dynasty. Among them, Yongle Dadian was originally the most extensive and voluminous book in Chinese history. Unfortunately, after disasters and losses, it is less than 3% of the original. The integration of ancient and modern books, the official book of Qing dynasty, is the largest one in existence. The book is divided into six parts, 32 classics and 6 109 volumes. There are also many beautiful illustrations in the book, which are an important basis and support for checking allusions and testing classical history.

The so-called "series" is to compile the original books circulated in a single line into a big book according to certain principles and styles, and then put them under the general name, so that they can be preserved in sets. The Confucian Awakening and Hundred Rivers Learning Sea compiled at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty are now recognized as the originator of this series. Since then, it seems to be the basic style of series. People in the Ming Dynasty followed the example of martial arts, and the series developed greatly, with various forms and contents. Until the Qing Dynasty, the compilation and publication of China series began to enter its heyday. Due to the universal attention paid to cultural undertakings, both the quality and quantity of the official Sikuquanshu of the imperial court and the series compiled by private individuals are beyond the past. There is an obvious similarity between books and series, that is, they are directly drawn from books and presented truthfully, without speculation and usurpation. The difference between the two is that there is no specific compilation style of the series, but a variety of works are compiled together, and the original works are still independent; As for the types of books, the materials are copied from each book and sorted. Classics and series books are both important parts of ancient books and the crystallization of the wisdom of our ancestors. They have added gorgeous brilliance to the cultural foundation and left the best witness for the progress of civilization.