Si ku quan shu 四庫全書 (The Complete Collection of the Four Treasuries):
Wen yuan ge si ku qua shu dian zi ban 文淵閣四庫全書電子版 (The Electronic Edition of the Complete Collection of the Four Treasuries -
Based on the Wenyuan Pavilion Copy): The electronic library has been published in CD-ROM form by the Digital Heritage Publishing of Hong Kong 迪志文化出版有限公司 in 1999.
See their website.
Si ku quan shu cun mu cong shu 四庫全書存目叢書 (Collectanea of works with an account in the SKQS project catalog but
not preserved in the imperial collection). This adds 4508 works collected into 1200 vols. (ce, 冊), which supplement the entire SKQS collection (3461 works in 70,309 juan 卷).
Compiled in Peking by Ji Xianlin 季羨林 and others. Published by Qi lu shu she 齊魯書社, 1994-97.
Si ku quan shu cun mu cong shu bu bian 四庫全書存目叢書補編: Published by Qi lu shu she in 2001, which contains 219 works in 100 vols.
Du Zexun 杜澤遜, Si ku cun mu biao zhu 四庫存目標注, Shanghai: Shanghai gu ji chu ban she 上海古籍出版社, 2007.
Xu xiu si ku quan shu 續修四庫全書 (Continuation to
the SKQS), compiled by Gu Tinglong 顧廷龍 and others. This is another
project initiated in China in 1994 by the Shanghai Gu ji chu ban she and
published as a collectanea works that appeared during the Qing dynasty
after the SKQS was compiled.
Si ku jin hui shu cong kan 四庫禁毀書叢刊 (Collectanea of Works prohibited by the Four Treasuries Project), Beijing: Beijing chu ban she 北京出版社, 1998. Compiled by Wang Zhonghan 王鐘翰 and others.
Si ku jin hui shu cong kan bu bian 四庫禁毀書叢刊補編, 90 Vols., Beijing: Beijing chu ban she, 2005.
Si ku wei shou shu ji kan 四庫未收書輯刊 (Collectanea of Works not included by the Four Treasuries), Beijing: Beijing chu ban she, 2000. Compiled by Wang Zhonghan 羅琳 and others. It contains
1328 works in 300 vols.
Wen jin ge si ku quan shu: qing shi zi liao hui kan 文津閣四庫全書·清史資料匯刊 (Selected Works from Wenjin Pavilion Copy of the Four Treasuries as Sources for Qing History Project): Published by the Commercial Press 商務印書館 of Beijing as a part of Qing History Project 清史工程 in 2005.
It contains over 240 works in 125 vols. with over 10,000 juan.
Si ku xi lie cong shu mu lu & suo yin 四庫系列叢書目錄·索引 (Contents and Index of Book Series under the Four Treasuries): Edited by Department of Ancient Chinese Books of Fudan University Library,
published by Shanghai gu ji chu ban she in 2007. There is also an searchable online version of the index. See the WEBSITE maintained by Fudan University Library.
On the Si ku quan shu zong mu 四庫全書總目 (General catalog of the complete books in the four parts of the Imperial Library), see:
Zhang Shunhui 張舜徽, Si ku ti yao xu jiang shu 四庫提要敘講疏, Taibei: Taiwan xue sheng shu ju 台灣學生書局, 2002; Kunming: Yunnan ren min chu ban she 雲南人民出版社, 2006.
Yu Jiaxi 余嘉錫, Si ku ti yao bian zheng 四庫提要辨證, Taibei: Yi wen yin shu guan 藝文印書館, 1965 (2 vol. Edition); Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company 中華書局, 2007 (4 vol. Edition).
Yue., P.Y. Title Index to the Si ku chuan shu. Beiping: Standard Press, 1934.
Si bu cong kan 四部叢刊: Si bu cong kan was compiled by the famous author and publisher, Zhang Yuanji 張元濟 (1867-1959).
He collected 504 works, comprising 3,134 volumes of books with over 90 millions words.
On the Si bu cong kan, see:
Lo, Karl. A Guide to the Si Pu Ts'ung K'an. Lawrence: University of Kansas Libraries, 1965.
Si bu cong kan: Photolithograph edition of Si bu cong kan, Shanghai: Shanghai shu dian chu ban she, 1989. 500 vols.
Si bu cong kan dian zi ban 四部叢刊電子版 (The Electronic Edition of The Four Treasures Series), Beijing: Unihan Digital Technology Co., Ltd 書同文數字化技術有限公司, 2001.
24 CD-ROMs or online subscription. It includes 初編 (published in 1922), 續編 (published in 1932) and 三編 (published in 1936) of the Si bu cong kan.
Si bu bei yao 四部備要: Si bu bei yao was compiled by the famous publisher, Lufei Kui 陸費逵 (1886-1941), who was the founder
of Zhonghua Book Company. It included 351 works, and was published from 1924 to 1931 by Zhonghua Book Company.
Li 禮 - Zhou li 周禮, Yi li 儀禮, and Li ji 禮記 and commentaries. (7 juan)
Chun qiu 春秋 - Spring and Autumn Annals and commentaries. (6 juan)
Xiao jing 孝經 - Classic of Filial Piety. (1juan)
Wu jing zong yi 五經總義 - Collected commentaries on the 5 Classics. (2 juan)
Si shu 四書 - Four Books: Lun yu 論語, Mengzi 孟子, Da xue 大學 and Zhong yong 中庸. (3 juan)
Yue 樂 - Music. (2 juan)
Xiao xue 小學 - Lesser learning; dictionaries (Er ya 爾雅, Shuo wen jie zi 說文解字 and Guang yun 廣韻) and interpretive works associated with the classics (Chun qiu fan lu 春秋繁露 and Zhu Yizun's Jing yi kao 經義考). (5 juan)
Ji shi ben mo 紀事本末 - Narratives from beginning to end; emphasis on sequence of events often in the form of a general history. (1 juan)
Bie shi 別史- Separate histories; treat diverse subjects of different dynasties. (1 juan)
Za shi 雜史 - Similar in subject to the pieh shi, but smaller in scope. (4 juan)
Zhao ling zou yi 詔令奏議 - Mandates and memorials. (2 juan )
Zhuan ji 傳記 - Biographies, including civil examination records. (8 juan)
Shi chao 史鈔 - Historical excerpts taken from one or a number of historical works. (1 juan)
Zai ji 載記- Contemporaneous records; histories of smaller "illegitimate" states. (1 juan)
Shi ling 時令 - Seasonal ordinances dealing with political, economic and religious activities associated with the seasons. (1 juan)
Di li 地理 - Geography gazetteer; includes historical,
national and local geography. In addition to topography and economics
also takes up religions, temples, distinguished personalities, literary
productions, local gazetteers. (11 juan)
Zhi guan 職官 - Offices; official ranks and titles. (2 juan)
Zheng shu 政書 - Political treatises; ordinances, institutes, governmental machinery. (4 juan)
Mu lu 目錄 - Bibliography: published books and epigraphical records. (3 juan)
Shi ping 史評 - Historical criticism; deals with great
events in history, methods of historical approach or entire historical
works. See Liu Zhiji's Shi tong 史通 or Zhang Xuecheng's Wen shi tong yi 文史通義 . (3 juan)
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