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Qingchao xu wenxian tongkao

encyclopaedia compiled by Liu Jinzao

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characteristics of Chinese encyclopaedias

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    In encyclopaedia: China

    The Qingchao xu wenxian tongkao (1905), compiled by Liu Jinzao, was revised and enlarged in 400 volumes in 1921. It includes contemporary material on fiscal, administrative, and industrial affairs and gives some attention to technical matters. Lu Erkui’s Ciyuan (1915), with a supplement issued in 1931,…

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