Encyclopedias in Chinese

collaborative project intended to create an encyclopedia documenting all living species known to science

encyclopedia

annotated catalogue of 10 680 titles and compendium of 3 593 titles collected by the imperial government of Qing dynasty China

Chinese classic text compiled by Lü Buwei (239 BC)

Chinese encyclopedia completed in 1725

Chinese encyclopedia compiled between 977 and 983

non-fiction work by Shen Kuo

The Erya or Erh-ya is the first surviving Chinese dictionary. The sinologist Bernhard Karlgren concluded that "the major part of its glosses must reasonably date from the 3rd century BC."

first comprehensive encyclopedia of the People's Republic of China (1993)

thumb|Volume 14 of the Tongdian thumb|A page from volume 51 of Tongdian The Tongdian () is a Chinese institutional history and encyclopedia text. It covers a panoply of topics from high antiquity through the year 756, whereas a quarter of the book focuses on the Tang dynasty. The book was written by Du You from 766 to 801. It contains 200 volumes and about 1.7 million words, and is at times regarded as the most representative contemporary texts of the Tang dynasty. Du You also incorporated many materials from other sources, including a book written by his nephew, Du Huan, who was taken captive

military book from china

collection of stories compiled in the early Song dynasty in China

Chinese encyclopedia

book by Song Yingxing

collection of four Chinese books

1609 Chinese encyclopedia

thumb|upright|A page from the Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China, the largest leishu ever printed

song dynasty leishu

Chinese Buddhist encyclopedic work

The Cihai is a large-scale dictionary and encyclopedia of Standard Mandarin Chinese. The Zhonghua Book Company published the first Cihai edition in 1938, and the Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House revised editions in 1979, 1989, 1999, and 2009. A standard bibliography of Chinese reference works calls the Cihai an "outstanding dictionary".

natural history books about China

Chinese anthology

annotated catalog of the works that were considered for inclusion in the Siku Quanshu

literary work by Chen Yuanjing

Chinese encyclopedia

literary work

Chinese astrology encyclopedia

The Kaogongji, Kaogong Ji, or Kao Gong Ji, variously translated as The Record of Trades, Records of Examination of Craftsman, Book of Diverse Crafts, and '''''The Artificers' Record''', is an ancient Chinese work on science and technology in China. It was compiled sometime during the 5th century BCE or 300 BCE and then included as a section of the Rites of Zhou'' under the Han as a replacement for the lost text concerning the Offices of Winter concerning public works.

overview of the Chinese encyclopedia culture

The Shiben or Book of Origins (Chinese: 世本; pinyin: shìběn; ) was an early Chinese encyclopedia which recorded imperial genealogies from the mythical Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors down to the late Spring and Autumn period (771–476 BCE), explanations of the origin of clan names, and records of legendary and historical Chinese inventors. It was written during the 2nd century BC at the time of the Han dynasty. The work was lost in the 10th century, but partially reconstructed from quotations during the Qing dynasty.

thumb|Spine of the Commercial Press single-volume 1974 edition The Ciyuan or '''''Tz'u-yüan''' was the first major Chinese dictionary linguistically structured around words (ci ) instead of individual characters (zi ) used to write them. The Commercial Press published the first edition Ciyuan'' in 1915, and reissued it in various formats, including a 1931 supplement, and a fully revised 1979–1984 edition. The latest (3rd) edition was issued in 2015 to commemorate the centenary anniversary of its first publication.

book by Johann Schreck