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

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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 Ssu k'u ch'üan shu, Its Continuing Series and Selections, and Their Acqui sitions in North America Guoqing Li BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jeal - SsSsUuKkUvcchhu17aannsshhuu gguuooqqiinngg li 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 7000 6000 5000 400030002000 1000 0 chart I1 ssu vkuu collections 6793 l1a9l9 mn ssu vkuu cchheiuffaaannn shu compared 1177551111777722 consists 28 volumes illustrations swedish edition dDiiddeerroottss encyclopedia represents 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 ccoommpplelitteee library four categories contains 2500 titles listed ssu vkuu wei shou ssshhhuuubfjfeeeennnn lei 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 tToottaall1133550088 four cchhaarrts5t portion old titles hhssuuhhssiiuu tToottaall55000000 noew series 76 224406 3800 emwiiirkraaa W 300 EbbneeeWuyy emaann 0411 b1bm3uf4feet aarlttrr 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 tToottaall33446611 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,