Difference between the Siku Quanshu and the Yongle Dictionary

1, written by different people: "yongle dazian" is the Ming dynasty yongle years by the emperor Zhu Di successively ordered xie jin and yao guangxiao presided over the compilation of a collection of ancient Chinese canonical books in the great success of the super class book, the initial name of "literature dacheng", after the emperor yongle personally wrote the preface and the name of the "yongle dazian".

The Siku Quanshu, known as the "Qin Ding Siku Quanshu," is a large series of books compiled during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. Under the auspices of Emperor Qianlong, the high emperor of the Qing Dynasty, it was compiled by more than 360 high-ranking officials and scholars, including Ji Yun, and copied by more than 3,800 people, taking thirteen years to compile.

2, the scale is different: "Siku Quanshu" is 3.5 times the size of the "Yongle Daxian".

3, the content is different: "Yongle Daxian" content includes the scriptures, history, son, collection, astronomy and geography, yin and yang medicine, divination, interpretation of the Tibetan Taoist scriptures, theater, crafts, agronomy covers the wealth of knowledge of the Chinese people for thousands of years.

The Siku Quanshu can be called the richest and most complete integration of traditional Chinese culture. Chinese literature, history, philosophy, science, engineering, agriculture and medicine, almost all disciplines can find their source and bloodline in it.

Expanded Information

1, "Yongle Daxian" has not been determined to exist in the Yongling, but a copy of the Daxian but suffered a catastrophe, most of the destruction of the fire and war, but also a considerable portion of the descendants in the name of repairing the book was stolen, and now there are only more than 800 scrolls and scattered around the world.

The Encyclopedia Britannica called the Chinese Ming Dynasty book Yongle Dazhen "the largest encyclopedia the world has ever seen" in its "Encyclopedia" entry. It has become an important symbol of Chinese culture.

2. The first draft was completed in the forty-seventh year of the reign of Emperor Qianlong (1782), and in the fifty-seventh year of the reign of Emperor Qianlong (1792) it was completed. The Qianlong emperor ordered seven hand-copied "Siku Quanshu", ordered to be hidden separately in all parts of the country.

First copied four parts of the storage in the Forbidden City, Wen Yuan Ge, Shenyang, Liaoning, Wen Su Ge, Yuanmingyuan Wen Yuan Ge, Hebei Chengde Wen Jin Ge collection, which is called the "North Four Pavilions". After copying the three parts of the storage of Yangzhou Wenhuige, Zhenjiang Wenzongge and Hangzhou Wenlange collection, which is known as the "South Three Pavilions".

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