Ssu k'u ch'üan shu, Its Continuing Series and Selections, and Their Acquisitions in North America
Journal of East Asian Libraries ,
Sep 2017
By Guoqing Li, Published on 10/01/98
Ssu k'u ch'üan shu, Its Continuing Series and Selections, and Their Acquisitions in North America
Journal of East Asian Libraries
Ssu k'u ch'üan shu, Its Continuing Series and Selections, and Their Acqui sitions in North America
Guoqing Li
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
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ssu vkuu chuan shu
great source
chaiinnas literary
cultural tradition
compilation ssu vkuu ch gfuiiaaannn shu Q jjjjiisbsfs
greatest event chaiinnas publishing history
ten years 1177772211778811 project undertaken
lung 13254 titles collected country
total selected ssu vkuu cchhfluiaann shu 6793 titles
political reasons 3000 titles rreejjeecctetedd
partially mainly political reasons 1 see chart 1
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ssu vkuu collections
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ssu vkuu cchheiuffaaannn shu compared
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illustrations swedish edition
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whole while ssu vkuu ccchhhgauaaannn shu
original authors preserved intact
consists o3f13212000000 volumes
stupendous literary work 2
dDiiddeerroottss encyclopedia compiled
french edition 36 volumes 3 volumes
marked difference between two works
effort digest known knowledge systematic
collection independent works writings
comparison concluded ssu vkuu cchhoauaann shu
total 40000000 pages worlds
generally agreed work includes
time compilation covers almost
great success both providing access
ssu VkUu ch itulian shu complete
bibliographies
ching dynasty 1911 AD 3
portion chinese publications extant
important works ancient china
subjects chinese civilization achieved
preserving chinese cultural heritage however
name hints according chinese historical
181700 titles published han dynasty 206 BC
works included collection small
time see chart 2
chart 2 chinese publications since ancient time
totam81700
continuing series
ssu vkuu cchhwuaann shu
therefore chinese scholars made many attempts
compile continuations ssu kkluu chalfuiluiaann shu starting
produced many results see table 1
supplement ssu vkuu ch fiuiliaaannn shu ts un mu ttssuunngg shu
new annotated bibliography series W
well
9
written
ssu vkuu wei shou shu chi k VU xs1 series works left
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mmuulluu awmwJtaaLttttLt 3 e9l ildflleee 991 compiled leading scholars during
1920s 2500 titles make 65 percent total 4000 vvweefeii shou shu titles
latest series publisher promises include titles already selected
big sets divided 10 series total 330000 volumes first series
end 1997 plan finish publication 1999 total price
hsu hsiu ssu vkuu ch fiuiiaann shu
set among these four series
section ching pu g 4
published 1999 price
librarians delegation visited
suggested
esaf eW9 ljgfb kr sequel ssu k u ch uan shu biggest
contains 5000 titles published before 1912 first
distributed 1997 total 1800 volumes completely
title 3 38800000000 RMB 1994 our east asian
publisher shanghai ku chi chu pan JjJLhdLaHH
our colleagues CCDDRROOMM version made later
word
charts 3
far
4 indicate
title counts
time span
chart 3 title count
big continuing seriles
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titles hhssuuhhssiiuu
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electronic editions
without doubt modem technology sooner
materials china electronic editions
recently see table 2
ordered start ssu vkuu project
whole ssu vkuu project complete
done 1778
completed
charts 7
8 help show percentage
overlaps among these selections
chart 7 title count ssu kwuu
3461 selections
chart 8 percentage
selections
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title
published
span
hsu hsiu
should aware
ch uan shih ttssaanngg shu
ancient times
subject areas
difference
acquisitions
ssu ku
continuing series
selections
order review current situation regarding
continuing series major selections 1I searched
survey twenty major east asian libraries
5 although these complete statistics
chinese studies librarians north america libraries
acquisition ofssssuu vkuu cchhflfiiiliaaannn shu
OCLC database conducted
north america results
give us rough idea reveal
done very well far
brief
tables 4
rreeggaardridnginthge ssu vk uu selections
sets ssu ku cchhaiflillaaannn shu cchheeennappeennn
important basic titles ssu vkuu
duplicates among them naturally need
hhuuiliyyaaoo buy these newly published selections
these titles obtained major book vendor
kvuu cchhflfiiiiaaannn shu ts un mu ts ung shu may ordered
shih yeh yu hsien kung ssu jstsAuJb4yb4si fnasffils fgj
prices asked these titles may vary librarians should
reached
mainland
prices
under rmb50
RMBIOO 1000
rates
domestic price x 2225.55 rmb50 100
ddppxx 22 RrmMbB11000000
ddpp xx2222.22555
ddpp xxl113.33
since these ssu ku sets
exchange rate
book vendors
expensive items fiunrthheerr negotiation may possible currency
1 US rmb38216 now information three major chinese
mainland china taiwan please se (...truncated)
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Guoqing Li.
Ssu k'u ch'üan shu, Its Continuing Series and Selections, and Their Acquisitions in North America ,
Journal of East Asian Libraries,
2017, Volume 1998, Issue 116,