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Ssu K'u Ch'üan Shu, Its Continuing Series and Selections, and Their Acquisitions in North America Journal of East Asian Libraries Volume 1998 Number 116 Article 5 10-1-1998 Ssu k'u ch'üan shu, Its Continuing Series and Selections, and Their Acquisitions in North America Guoqing Li Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jeal BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Li, Guoqing (1998) "Ssu k'u ch'üan shu, Its Continuing Series and Selections, and Their Acquisitions in North America," Journal of East Asian Libraries: Vol. 1998 : No. 116 , Article 5. Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jeal/vol1998/iss116/5 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of East Asian Libraries by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. SSUKUssukvchuanshuch17anshu continuing SERIES selections acquisitions NORTH AMERICAAMIERICA guoguoqingqing li ohio state university ssu kuvu chuan shu great source cainaschinas literary cultural tradition compilation ssu vuk u ch gianfianuan shu Q jfsjsjisjib complete library four categories greatest event cainaschinas publishing history 3800 chinese scholars worked ten years 177217811772 1781 project undertaken order emperor chien lung 13254 titles collected country valuable titles 3461 total selected ssu kuvu chlianchfianch uan shu 6793 titles left Ts un mu 4-9 political reasons 3000 titles rejecterejectedd destroyed either totally partially mainly political reasons 1 see chart 1 chart I1 ssu kuvu collections total13254Total 13254 6793 7000 6000 la19l9 5000 3461 4000- 3000 mn 3000- 2000 1000 o&oa 0 ssu vuk u chifanchefanch uan shu compared diderotsDiderots encyclopedia compiled 175117721751 1772 consists 28 volumes french edition 36 volumes 3 volumes illustrations swedish edition marked difference between two works diderotsDiderots encyclopedia represents effort digest known knowledge systematic whole while ssu kuvu chaanchganch uan shu collection independent works writings original authors preserved intact comparison concluded ssu kuvu chaanchoanch uan shu consists 312000of312000 volumes total 40000000 pages worlds stupendous literary work 2 article revision paper presented annual meeting chinese materials committee council east asian libraries washington D C march 262619981261998.11998 1 like thank yeen mei wu chair committee inviting me do presentation dona straley my colleague OSU libraries proofreading paper 19 generally agreed work includes important works ancient china time compilation covers almost subjects chinese civilization achieved great success both providing access preserving chinese cultural heritage however ssu VUk u ch ilaniiantianu shu complete name hints according chinese historical bibliographies 181700 titles published han dynasty 206 BC ching dynasty 1911 AD 3 works included collection small portion chinese publications extant time see chart 2 chart 2 chinese publications since ancient time 1920s totam81700 B 9 DSL laig 167446 lait 2 continuing series ssu kuvu chuanchwan shu therefore chinese scholars made many attempts two hundred years compile continuations ssu kuklu caluchluch flanfluniian shu starting 1994 these efforts produced many results see table 1 ssu VUk u chin huishuhuihul shu tsunglantsungkantsungts uneung kan v3va ltef1 series destroyed forbidden works complete library four categories collects 1500 currently available works recorded ch ing tai ko sheng chin shu hui faovaok ao thruTH ru 1i- tt ffH 4 ch inglingying tai chin shu chih chien lu racaaathrfltxaat 14rxa 5 ch ing tai chin huishuhuihul shu mu tllwltat EI1 616 half 3000 titles destroyed order chien lung emperor duringt compilation ssu vuk u chlianchfianch fianflaniian shu fiction drama published chien lung 1785 included publisher notes since continuing series plan include them 7 divided 10 series totals 300 volumes first series 30 volumes published september 1997 plan publish series 1999 total price 180000 RIMRMB ssu vuk u ch fianflaniianu shu ts unUn mu tsungts ung shu vaWv3 asaesasisssi ks4saSs 9el XV series works listed titles complete library four categories collects 4508 titles listed ssu kuvu chaanchganch fianflaniian shu tsunts un mu two hundred libraries archives museums individuals m various countries number 66 percent total 6793 Ts un mu titles among 4508titles4508 titiestitles 80 percent best editions song yuan ming early ching times 30 percent existing copies 8 total 1200 volumes came november 1997 thus becomes ssu VUk u series among big four completed project far price set 300000 RMB 100 titles planned series included technical reasons published 20 supplement ssu vuk u ch fianflaniianuan shu ts un mu tsungts ung shu vv jf 9 rsr new annotated bibliography series W el xrft Q written well ktekt4 arft ssu vuk u wei shou shu chi k VU xs1 series works left complecompiecompletete library four categories contains 2500 titles listed ssu kuvu wei shou shufenshubenshu fenjen lei mulumu lu watmatJLL 3 9el lleifedle 991 compiled leading scholars during 1920s wttatt2500 titles make 65 percent total 4000 vefveiwei shou shu titles latest series publisher promises include titles already selected three big sets divided 10 series total 300300 volumes first series published end 1997 plan finish publication 1999 total price 180000 RMBRMEB hsu hsiu ssu kuvu ch fianiianu shu easf e9W jflgb sequel ssu k u ch uan shu biggest set among these four series contains kr 5000 titles published before 1912 first section ching pu g4 distributed 1997 total 1800 volumes completely published 1999 price title 3 80000380000 RMB 1994 our east asian librarians delegation visited publisher shanghai ku chi chu pan JLHjhajdaJL H suggested our colleagues CDROMCD ROM version made later word far charts 3 4 indicate title counts time span these four ssu vuk u series 3 count chart title four chart 4 time span four big continuing seriesserles big continuing seriesserles total13508Total 13508 5000 1950 5000 4508 1912 1912 1900 4000 300 z500 1850- 2000- 1500 1800 1773 1773 1000- 1750 0 1700 akqk question librarians concerned four series overlap each andor ssu kuvu chlianchfianch fianflaniian shu chances tsunTs un mu chin hui wei shou byproducts compilation ssu vuk u ch fianflaniianu shu clear documentation working editorial committees these three sets consider these supplements ssu vuk u chaanch oianolaniian shu working editorial committee hsu hsiu different opinions value titles listed ssu vuk u tsunts un mu chin hui wei shou decided collect works important value listed above three series better editions ones ssu k u make itself best collections ssu kuvu chart 5 6 roughly illustrate overlap hsu hsiu others 21 chartcharts5 portion old newnow chart 6 overlaps series titles hsuhsuhsiuhsiu total5000total6000Total500050006000 total5000Total 5000 300 EbeubeyneyW 242406 3800 76 300 eanman 0411 eirawiramika 00 bufe134tbmfe W altrartr hsuM hsiuz5zm plans include works fiction drama published chenchien lung period may found large sets kukupendupenpen hsiao shuo chi chengch eng rmfta ku pen hsichiitsungkanhsi ch U tsung fanvan atsryugyu& ZRsts0 111 3 should noted compiling hsu hsiu largest difficult project these series years passed since project started 1994 four sections ching pu finished mainly due ready reference work hsu hsiu ssu kuvu chlianchfianch fianiian shu tsung mu 0t iyaoayaoyao chingjuchingpuching pu tawhawhamtfw EM 3Q 10 1 provides information needed selecting titles section might take longer planned five years finish project maybemay changes title selection besides above four big sets wen yuan ko ssu vuk u ch flanfiangiangdanilanfian shu pu i clis0 9933 FA v7vaC k rmym 1 t adladtSSL4i111.1 ft J P worth mentioning copy wen yuan ko ssu vuk u chlianchfianJsch 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