Differences between Sikuquanshu and Yongle Dadian

1, compiled by different people: Yongle Dadian was a super-class work compiled by Yao under the command of the emperor during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. It was originally named "Literary Masterpiece", and later the preface was inscribed by the emperor Yongle, and it was named "Yongle Dadian".

The full name of Sikuquanshu is Qin Ding Sikuquanshu, which is a large-scale series compiled during the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty. Under the auspices of Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty, it was compiled by more than 360 senior officials and scholars, including Ji Yun, and copied by more than 3,800 people. It took 13 years to compile.

2. Different scales: The scale of Sikuquanshu is 3.5 times that of Yongle Dadian.

3. Different contents: The contents of Yongle Dadian include classics, history, books, collections, astronomy and geography, Yin and Yang medicine, divination, interpretation of Tibetan scriptures, drama, crafts, agriculture, etc., covering the intellectual wealth of the Chinese nation for thousands of years.

Sikuquanshu is the richest and most complete integrated work of China traditional culture. China's literature, history, philosophy, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, almost all disciplines can find the source and blood.

Extended data

1. The original Yongle Dadian has not yet determined whether there is a permanent mausoleum, but the copies of the Dadian were devastated, most of them were destroyed by the war, and a considerable part of them were stolen by later generations in the name of repairing books. Today, there are only over 800 volumes, which are scattered all over the world.

Encyclopedia Britannica called China's Ming Dynasty book Yongle Dadian "the largest encyclopedia in world history". It has become an important symbol of China culture.

2. The first draft was completed in the forty-seventh year of Qianlong (1782) and the fifty-seventh year of Qianlong (1792). Emperor Qianlong ordered seven copies of Sikuquanshu to be hidden all over the country.

The first four volumes are kept in Wen Yuan Pavilion of the Forbidden City, Wenshui Pavilion of Shenyang, Liaoning, Wen Yuan Pavilion of Yuanmingyuan and Jinwen Pavilion of Chengde, Hebei, which is the so-called "North Fourth Pavilion". These three copied parts are kept in Wen Hui Pavilion in Yangzhou, Wenzong Pavilion in Zhenjiang and Wen Lan Pavilion in Hangzhou, which is the so-called "South Three Pavilions".

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