The collection of ancient and modern books is a kind of books with the largest collection and the most complete style in China, formerly known as the collection of ancient and modern books. The first edition of Chen Menglei in the Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty and the second edition of Jiang Tingxi in the Yongzheng period were renamed the Integration of Ancient and Modern Books. It was written 300 years ago, and, like Yongle Dadian and Sikuquanshu, it is one of the three masterpieces with important historical significance in the cultural history of China. The collection of ancient and modern books by King James has a wide collection of books and rich contents. It collected all the classic subsets and historical classics, as well as decrees and local chronicles published by Kangxi in his later years. * * * More than 500,000 pages, 65.438+600 million words. The book is divided into six parts, 32 classics and 6 1 17 parts. It is all-encompassing and illustrated, covering astronomy, geography, ethics, literature, history and philosophy, natural art, economy and politics, education, imperial examinations, agriculture, forestry, fishery and animal husbandry, and medical folk prescription. Because of its large scale, complete content, fine classification and orderly order, it is favored by the court, the people, especially the literati. He also praised this book as the highest prize, and praised four libraries with the largest collections, such as Fan Tianyi Pavilion in Ningbo, which attracted everyone's envy. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, a set of original "The Collection of Ancient and Modern Books" of Beijing Liulichang had been priced at 1.2 million yuan. After the printing and publication of the King James Version of Ancient and Modern Books, foreign scholars agreed that it was a treasure house for acquiring ancient knowledge in China and was known as the "encyclopedia of the Qing Dynasty". King James's Collection of Ancient and Modern Books still shows the charm of a treasure house of information and is widely used by Chinese and foreign scholars.