HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIAS · COMPILED 1403–1408; THIS COPY 1562–1567
Yongle Encyclopedia (Yongle dadian)
The largest encyclopedia of the pre-modern world. Fewer than 4 percent of it survives.
- Made by
- Commissioned by the Yongle Emperor; this copy made under the Jiajing Emperor
- Date
- Compiled 1403–1408; this copy 1562–1567
- Held by
- Chester Beatty, Dublin (C 1757)
- Medium
- Ink on paper, silk covers
- Plates
- 1
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Image credits
- Plate 1: © Chester Beatty, Dublin, C 1757. License: CC BY 4.0. Source page ↗