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| | Yongle Encyclopedia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Some think that the Encyclopedia in fact disappeared at the death of Jiajing, having being taken by the emperor to his grave, and they believe that it will yet be found hidden in the tomb complex of Yongling. | | | Because of the vastness of the work, it could not be block-printed, and it is thought that only one other manuscript copy was made. | | | They covered an array of subjects, including agriculture, art, astronomy, drama, geology, history, literature, medicine, natural sciences, religion, and technology, as well as descriptions of unusual natural events. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yongle_Encyclopedia
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| | Encyclopedia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | In the early 20th century, the Encyclopædia Britannica reached its eleventh edition, and inexpensive encyclopedias such as Harmsworth's Encyclopaedia and Everyman's Encyclopaedia were common. | | | Isaac Newton contributed his only published work on chemistry to the second volume of 1710. | | | Encyclopædia Britannica appeared in various editions throughout the century, and the growth of popular education and the Mechanics Institutes, spearheaded by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge led to the production of the Penny Cyclopaedia, as its title suggests issued in weekly numbers at a penny each like a newspaper. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia
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| | China Publishes Photocopies Of World's Earliest Encyclopedia |
| | Yongle Dadian (Yongle Canon) is a reference book of materials taken from various sources and compiled according to subjects for reference use. | | | By the end of l408, the whole book was finished, prefaced by the emperor himself and renamed as Yongle Dadian, in which Chinese characters were listed in order of their rhymes, and all relevant historical and literary documents were listed under each character. | | | A transcript of the book was made during the reigns of Emperors Jiajing and Longqing of the Ming Dynasty. |
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http://english1.people.com.cn/200204/18/eng20020418_94279.shtml
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| | In Search of the Yongle Encyclopedia |
| | According to Huang Runhua, a research fellow in the Rare Book Preservation Sector of the National Library, the copied edition of the encyclopedia was kept in the Imperial Academy of the Ming Dynasty, where some of the volumes were stolen by officials of the Qing Dynasty in addition to those looted by the foreign armies. | | | These hypotheses all seem incorrect to Luan, who believes that Emperor Jiajing's death and the encyclopedia's disappearance happening at the same time was not a coincidence. | | | He has discovered that the books stolen by the Eight-Power Forces were all volumes of the copied version. |
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http://www.china.org.cn/Beijing-Review/Beijing/BeijingReview/2000Apr/bjr2000-14e-13.htm
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| | Meatball Wiki: WikiPediaIsNotAnEncyclopedia |
| | Disclaimer: I am new to this discussion, and may therefore be missing important context, history, and may be making writing genre mistakes. | | | Obviously no encyclopedia ever attempted to put all available knowledge into print form. | | | I gave some German examples, but yesterday I stumbled over the "middle earth" page, part of the LOTR topic. |
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http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?WikiPediaIsNotAnEncyclopedia
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| | The work was 12 times the size of the reference work complied in the 18th century by the French author Diderot. | | | Now only about 400 books remain in the world, and they are scattered across eight countries and regions. | | | These conditions will preserve the book for at least another century. |
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http://www.cctv.com.cn/english/news/China/EduASciACul/20030718/100806.html
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| | Biggest and Earliest Encyclopedia |
| | Yongle is the reign name of the Ming emperor Yongle (1402-1424). | | | The original edition of this large work was comprised of 917,480 pages -- in 11,095 bound books divided into 22,937 volumes. | | | It is estimated that only about 400 books remain in the world, in eight different countries and regions. |
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http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_aboutchina/2003-09/24/content_26624.htm
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| | History of Computing Pre Historic Era : 1310 - 1617 |
| | An encyclopedia is a written compendium of human knowledge at the time of publishing. | | | Of the enormous work, composed of nearly 23,000 volumes in 11,095 books when accomplished, only 400 books now remain. | | | Encyclopedia, or a Systematic Dictionary of Science, Arts, and the Trades, and it was on its way to becoming a 28-volume treatise on human affairs; |
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| | China to Digitalize World's Earliest Encyclopedia |
| | It is 12 times larger than that of the famous encyclopedia compiled by the French author Diderot in the 18th century. | | | It is estimated only about 400 books remain in the world, kept in eight countries and regions. | | | The National Library in Beijing houses 221 books, 60 of which are currently stored in Taiwan. |
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http://english1.peopledaily.com.cn/200204/18/eng20020418_94330.shtml
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| | Yongle Encyclopedia, Chinese proto-encyclopedia has 22937 volumes (only three printed) (According to other sources, 11092 parts) |
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