List of Chinese encyclopedias

Note: Within this list, Chinese encyclopedia translates leishu, a traditional Chinese reference work that, unlike a modern encyclopedia with expressly written articles, consists of excerpts from primary texts arranged by categories. Fascicle translates juan "scroll; fascicle; volume" for early (pre-20th century) encyclopedias and volume refers to modern encyclopedias.

List of Chinese encyclopedias
DatePeriodTitleNotes
c. 4th cent. BCEWarring StatesEryaFirst Chinese dictionary/encyclopedia
c. 2nd cent. BCEHan dynastyShibenFirst Chinese encyclopedia of origins, lost work
c. 222 CECao WeiHuanglanFirst Chinese leishu encyclopedia, for Emperor Cao Pi, lost work
624Tang dynastyYiwen LeijuEncyclopedia of literature, Ouyang Xun, 100 fascicles
668Tang dynastyFayuan ZhulinChinese Buddhist encyclopedia, 100 fascicles
729Tang dynastyKaiyuan ZhanjingFirst Chinese astrology encyclopedia, Gautama Siddha, 120 fascicles
801Tang dynastyTongdianEncyclopedia of institutional history, Du You, 200 fascicles
978Song dynastyTaiping GuangjiCollection of historical and supernatural stories, Li Fang, 500 fascicles
983Song dynastyTaiping YulanEncyclopedia of history and literature, Li Fang, 1,000 fascicles
985Song dynastyWenyuan YinghuaAnthology of literature from Liang dynasty to the Five Dynasties era, Li Fang, 1,000 fascicles
1013Song dynastyCefu YuanguiLargest Song period encyclopedia, Wang Qinruo, 1,000 fascicles
1088Song dynastyMengxi BitanEncyclopedia of natural phenomena, Shen Kuo, 30 fascicles
1116Southern Song dynastyTongzhiComprehensive encyclopedia of history, 200 fascicles
1408Ming dynastyYongle EncyclopediaLargest general leishu encyclopedia, quotes from 8,000 texts, 22,937 fascicles
1609Ming dynastySancai TuhuiIllustrated encyclopedia of articles in many fields of knowledge, 106 fascicles
1621Ming dynastyWubei ZhiEncyclopedic history of military affairs, 240 fascicles
1627Ming dynastyYuanxi Qiqi Tushuo LuzuiChinese illustrated encyclopedia of Western mechanical devices, Johann Schreck, 3 fascicles
1637Ming dynastyTiangong KaiwuEncyclopedia of science and technology, Song Yingxing, 18 fascicles
1726Qing dynastyComplete Classics Collection of Ancient ChinaLargest leishu ever printed, 852,408 pages, 10,000 fascicles
1773Lê dynasty (Vietnam)Vân đài loại ngữChinese-language Vietnamese encyclopedia, Lê Quý Đôn, 4 fascicles
1782Qing dynastyComplete Library of the Four TreasuriesLargest collection of Chinese history, philosophy, and literature, Ji Yun, 79,000 fascicles
1917Republic of ChinaThe Encyclopaedia SinicaFirst English-language encyclopedia on China, 1 volume
1938Republic of ChinaCihaiFirst modern general-purpose encyclopedic dictionary, 2 volumes
1978People's Republic of ChinaEncyclopedia of ChinaFirst large-scale modern Chinese encyclopedia, 74 volumes
1980-1993Republic of ChinaChinese EncyclopediaIllustrated general-purpose encyclopedia, 10 volumes
1985-1991People's Republic of ChinaConcise Encyclopædia BritannicaTranslated general-purpose encyclopedia, 11 volumes
2002Modern ChinaChinese WikipediaChronologically first Chinese online encyclopedia but third by the number of articles
2005Modern ChinaHudongProbably the largest Chinese online encyclopedia
2006Modern ChinaBaidu BaikeOne of the two largest Chinese-language collaborative web-based encyclopedia
1989-2019Modern ChinaZhonghua Dadian (中华大典)Encyclopedia of Chinese classic texts, "the biggest cultural project since the founding of the People's Republic of China"

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