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«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «ISTORIYA»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «HISTORY»
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List of issues > Series «History». 2026. Vol 55

History of the Chinese Encyclopedia “Yongle dadian”

Author(s)

B. N. Latypov

Institute of Bashkir Encyclopedia of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Ufa, Russian Federation

Abstract
The author of this article is attempt to analyze the history of preparation of the Chinese encyclopedia “Yongle dadian” and also to clarify the total number of volumes which were preserved. More than 2000 compilers participated in the preparation of the encyclopedia. The publication contains materials from 8 thousand works which covers Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, history, medicine and philosophy; the total number of hieroglyphs was about 370 million.
About the Authors
Latypov Bulat Nazirovich, Head of Division of Encyclopedic and Scientific Publications Institute of Bashkir Encyclopedia of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Bashkortostan 15, Kirov st., Ufa, 450008, Russian Federation e-mail: LatypovBN@yandex.ru
For citation
Latypov B.N. History of the Chinese encyclopedia “Yongle dadian”. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series History, 2026, vol. 55, pp. 86-92. https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2026.55.86 (in Russian)
Keywords
“Yongle dadian”, history, encyclopedia, juan, China, Zhu Di, Xie Jin.
UDC
94(510)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2026.55.86
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