The compilation of Yongle Dadian is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it is the painstaking work of many literati and craftsmen in Yongle period. However, such a voluminous masterpiece was shelved after its completion, and no one cared about it for a long time, so that it was slowly lost. How did the Yongle ceremony in the imperial city reach the people? Those who make unremitting efforts to protect the Yongle ceremony, right? In the early years of the Qing Dynasty, someone found this Yongle ceremony in the Imperial Archives. But at that time, Manchu had just entered the customs, and Manchu nobles had no culture. They didn't realize the cultural significance and value of this Yongle ceremony, and it was a relic of the previous dynasty, so no one paid attention to it. It was not until the thirty-eighth year of Qianlong that Emperor Qianlong decided to compile Sikuquanshu, so this Yongle ceremony was once again concerned. However, after investigation, it was found that more than 1000 copies of Yongle Dadian were missing. Where are these more than 1000 copies of Yongle Dadian? Someone reported to the emperor that three people were acting suspiciously. These three people are named Xu and Wang respectively. They were all flower exploration in Kangxi period, and they were selected as editors in imperial academy. Gao Shiqi, a cabinet scribe, often explained Confucian classics to Emperor Kangxi, and was trusted by the emperor. Wang is also a scholar. He also entered Hanlin as an editor and worked as a minister of industry. These three people read a lot of poetry books and like to collect books, so they like to take advantage of their position to steal more than 1000 copies of Yongle Dadian back to their hometown. On hearing the truth, Emperor Qianlong immediately ordered the governors of Liangjiang and Zhejiang to search the three houses. And bring the news of the emperor, Yongle ceremony is the property of * * * *, let bygones be bygones. However, the descendants of these three families firmly denied seeing the Yongle ceremony. No way, the governor of Liangjiang and the governor of Zhejiang had to return in vain. So Emperor Qianlong ordered a nationwide search, especially in places selling used books, but found nothing. The whereabouts of this 1000 volume of Yongle Dadian is unknown. In fact, the loss of more than 0/000 copies of Yongle Dadian/KLOC-is entirely their fault, although these three people can't wash away the suspicion. Because the Yongle Dadian was a quiet pavilion moved to imperial academy by Emperor Shizhen during the Yongzheng period, officials in imperial academy had access to the Yongle Dadian, but there was no strict library management system at that time, and these officials were all stealing from inside. Over the years, more than 1000 copies have been lost. However, when compiling Sikuquanshu, the management of Yongle Dadian was strengthened, but there were still cases of book theft. One day, an editor named Huang Shouling didn't finish his work during the day and wanted to go home to work overtime at night, so he took home six volumes of Yongle Dadian. I didn't expect to be targeted by a thief, who stole it on the road. Huang Shouling couldn't find it anywhere, so he had to report it truthfully. When the emperor heard this, he immediately ordered the infantry to lead Lian Win to conduct a thorough investigation. Lian Ying ordered a house-to-house search, but found nothing. As a result, the thief put these six volumes of Yongle Dadian by the Yu He Bridge where the minister passed in the morning. Early the next morning, six volumes of Yongle Dadian were recovered. After the compilation of Sikuquanshu, Yongle Grand Ceremony was once again abandoned in Jingyi Pavilion, imperial academy. These officials continue to steal books from themselves in a simple way. Officials come to work with luggage, which contains a cotton robe to wear after work. There were several copies of Yongle Dadian in the luggage, but the doorman couldn't find it, so he took out a local chronicle. During the reign of Jiajing and Daoguang, the court will compile the Book of the Whole Tang Dynasty and the Annals of the Qing Dynasty, and start the Yongle Ceremony again. There is no strict management system this time, and more people come into contact with this book, and the losses are heavier. In the tenth year of Xianfeng, the British and French allied forces occupied Beijing and plundered the library of the Hanlin Academy. The Yongle Grand Ceremony suffered heavy losses. This group of foreigners took Yongle Grand Ceremony as a trophy and shipped it back to their own country. In fact, what is more * * * is some officials of the Qing Dynasty. He took the stolen books to the national embassy and sold them to foreigners for twelve taels of silver. In the first year of Guangxu, when the Imperial Academy yamen was rebuilt, the Yongle Grand Ceremony was cleared, leaving only about 5,000 copies. In the 20th year of Guangxu, only 800 copies were left after the Yongle Grand Ceremony was counted. Therefore, on the one hand, the Yongle Grand Ceremony was an inside job for honest officials, and on the other hand, it was plundered by foreign invaders. In just a few decades, 90% has been lost. 1900, the boxer attacked the foreign embassy district in Dongjiaominxiang. Imperial College London is adjacent to the British Embassy in the north. There was an exchange of fire between the two sides. I don't know who set fire to the Jingyi Pavilion in imperial academy, and the whole library was burned and in a mess. Lu Runyao, a bachelor of imperial academy, only sorted out 64 volumes of Yongle Dadian in the ruins. When the People's Republic of China 19 12 was founded, the then * * * ordered that 64 volumes of Yongle Dadian be handed over to the Ministry of Education. The Ministry of Education handed over 60 volumes to Shi Jing Library, and the remaining 4 volumes were collected by the Ministry of Education's own library. Since then, China * * * has started the search and acquisition of Yongle Grand Ceremony. By 1937, Japan invaded China in an all-round way, and a large part of our country was destroyed. In the enemy-occupied areas, there are many rare books of ancient books circulating among the people. These rare books of ancient books are in danger of being plundered by the Japanese army. Several philologists, led by Zheng Zhenduo, set up a document preservation comrades' association in Shanghai, which is referred to as "Cultural Protection Association" for short. They asked * * * to preserve those precious ancient books scattered among the people, and * * * to approve and fund legal tender. The staff of the Cultural Protection Association used this huge sum of money to secretly collect and buy rare books of ancient books in enemy-occupied areas. In more than two years, a * * * bought 48,000 rare books of ancient books, including a book called Yongle Dadian. But at this time, Shanghai is no longer safe and the situation is getting more and more dangerous. The staff of the Cultural Protection Association asked * * * to transport the purchased rare books of ancient books to Chongqing and collect them in the National Central Library. * * * agreed, but it was more difficult to go by land, so I decided to go by water, starting from Shanghai and going to Chongqing via Hong Kong. At that time, 48,000 rare books of ancient books were transported to Hong Kong and temporarily stored in Fengpingshan Library. The staff registered, checked and finally packed these books. After a busy month and a half, I packed 1 17 boxes of rare ancient books, but the road from Hong Kong to Chongqing was cut off by the Japanese at this time. With the consent of relevant parties, I decided to transport these 48,000 precious ancient books to the Library of Congress for temporary collection. In order to obtain these precious ancient books in the future, the staff opened all the boxes and stamped each box with the seal of the National Central Library. However, another month passed and it was the end of June 194 1 1. The staff transported this 1 17 box of precious ancient books to the Hong Kong dock, waiting for the liner Grint from the United States to mail these books to the United States, but the cruise ship only stopped at the Hong Kong dock for two hours. Just when people felt sorry for missing the opportunity, there was a shocking news that the cruise ship Grint was sunk by the Japanese on the way to the Philippines. People felt lucky to escape, so this 1 17 box of precious ancient books was transported back to Fengpingshan Library. But the Pacific War broke out, and a few days later the Japanese occupied Hong Kong. A team of Japanese gendarmes stationed in Fengpingshan Library drove away all the librarians in China. 1945 When Japan surrendered, the people of China took back the Fengpingshan Library, but 1 17 boxes of rare books were all gone, apparently taken away by the Japanese. At this time, a message came from Japan. In order to survive the post-war economic crisis, the Japanese Ministry of Commerce wanted to exchange cultural relics looted in the war for money to buy food in western banks. China * * * immediately set up a committee to clean up the loss of cultural relics in wartime, referred to as "Cultural Relics Loss Association". The staff of the Cultural Relics Association immediately questioned the relevant people and they denied it. At this time, the China office in Tokyo found a rare China ancient book with the seal of the National Central Library in the Imperial Library of Tokyo. Hui immediately rushed to Japan and found this 1 17 box of rare books in the basement of Imperial Library in Tokyo. After difficult negotiations and mediation, the Japanese side had no choice but to return this 1 17 box of 48,000 rare books to China in the face of conclusive evidence. 1948, this batch of rare books of ancient books, like many cultural relics in the Forbidden City, moved to Taiwan Province Province, and this Yongle Dadian also settled in Taiwan Province Province. After the founding of New China, the CPC and * * * made greater efforts to collect and purchase Yongle Dadian, and the National Library of China spared no effort. After diplomatic mediation, the former Soviet Union returned 64 copies of Yongle Dadian to us three times, and Germany also returned 3 copies. It is also widely mobilized in China to let private collectors donate the Yongle ceremony in their hands. Through the efforts of the New Year, there are 223 volumes of Yongle Dadian collected in China, including Taiwan Province Province, and more than 400 volumes of Yongle Dadian collected by 30 units and individuals in 8 countries around the world. Emperor Jiajing's name is Zhu Houzong, and he likes Yongle Ceremony very much. Emperor Jiajing reigned for 45 years. He likes treacherous, dissolute and heartless people and often ignores state affairs. In fact, he likes Yongle Dadian because it contains a large number of Taoist classics, which aroused the interest of an emperor who wanted to be a fairy. In the thirty-sixth year of Jiajing, there was a fire in the palace, and all three halls were burned. The fire endangered the Wenlou, and Emperor Jiajing issued three imperial edicts to rescue Yongle Grand Ceremony from the Wenlou. After the fire, Emperor Jiajing had a lingering fear and decided to re-copy the Yongle Grand Ceremony. After 6 years' efforts by more than 100 people, the Yongle Grand Ceremony was finally copied. In this way, there are two versions of Yongle Dadian, the original in Yongle and the replica in Jiajing. However, after the imitation of Jiajing period was copied, the real thing of Yongle period disappeared. The existing Yongle Dadian is not from the Yongle period, and people speculate that there are several viewpoints. One view is that the Yongle Dadian was burned, while the other view is that the Yongle Dadian is hidden on the wall of Huang Shizhen. The third argument is that the Yongle Grand Ceremony is hidden in the tomb of Emperor Jiajing. So now experts are speculating about the above reasons. It is very likely that the original Yongle Grand Ceremony was buried with the tomb of Emperor Jiajing. What is the truth? Then we can only wait until one day the conditions are met, open the Yongling and let the truth come out.