The Siku Quanshu (‘Complete Library of Four Treasures’) is a compendium of 3,000 years of Chinese knowledge, including literature, history, medicine, science and technology, diplomacy, philosophy, linguistics and so much more. This definitive Wenyuange edition of the Siku Quanshu encompasses 3,460 works totaling more than 36,000 volumes and is brought to life like never before in a unique, fully online format.
This web-based resource can only be accessed via a client program. The client program is required because the database contains archaic Chinese characters not included in the current Unicode standard. To access the database you must first download the client program from here: http://www.eastview.com/online/sikudownload
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