Yongle Dadian is the largest book in the history of the Chinese nation and the largest "encyclopedia" in ancient China. It was compiled in Yongle period of Ming Dynasty. This epic "connecting the past with the future" has preserved more than 7,000 kinds of ancient books in China from the pre-Qin period to the early Ming Dynasty, including literature, philosophy, history, geography, religion and various technologies.

The book * * * 22877 volumes, 60 volumes, and volumes 1 1095. The book is about 370 million words. It is the largest encyclopedia in ancient China, and is called "the source of ancient books".

At the beginning of the compilation of Yongle Dadian, Ming Taizu Judy made a rule: "Don't be tired of complexity." In short, there are not many books, as long as there are books. This is why this vast and extraordinary book was born. Yongle Dadian skillfully adopts the arrangement of "unifying words with rhyme and closing things with words", and truly achieves "opening the book at a glance".

"Yongle Dadian" is covered with bright yellow silk, with a large format and royal wealth. Paper is leather paper with mulberry bark and paperback bark as the main raw materials. It is "cocoon as bright as snow" and is an excellent paper for writing. The text of the book is copied from the official regular script "Taige Style" in Ming Dynasty. The calligraphy is beautiful and neat, with a large number of illustrations, and the image is realistic.

up-to-date information

According to the latest statistics, at present, there are 4 18 volumes, more than 800 volumes and some zero pages known at home and abroad, which are scattered in the hands of more than 30 public and private collectors in 8 countries and regions around the world. The National Library of China has successively collected 224 volumes of Yongle Dadian. At present, there are 59 volumes of Yongle Dadian in Europe, including 5 1 volume in Britain, 5/volume in Germany and 3/volume in Ireland.

The Yongle Grand Ceremony was last discovered in August, 20 14, six years ago, and the volume of Yongle Grand Ceremony 1 was newly discovered in the Huntington Library of Los Angeles, with the volumes of 10270 and 1027 1 respectively.