Brill’s Encyclopedia of China
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Subject: Asian Studies
Managing Editor English Edition: Daniel Leese
Brill’s Encyclopedia of China Online is based on the originally a thousand-page reference work on China with a clear focus on the modern period from the mid-nineteenth century to the 21st century. Written by the world’s top scholars, Brill’s Encyclopedia of China is the first place to look for reliable information on the history, geography, society, economy, politics, science, and culture of China.
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Brill’s Encyclopedia of China Online is based on the originally a thousand-page reference work on China with a clear focus on the modern period from the mid-nineteenth century to the 21st century. Written by the world’s top scholars, Brill’s Encyclopedia of China is the first place to look for reliable information on the history, geography, society, economy, politics, science, and culture of China.
Subscriptions: see brill.com
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1. Historical Official Catalogs and Classifications From earliest times, bibliography has been a well-cultivated field in China. Handed down on scrolls until about 1000 CE, there has been a continuously growing number of books of all kinds since the invention of printing (printing and publishing). The main centers of book production were Fujian (Jianyang), and later Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and Beijing. The systematic registration and categorization of literary works began with the imperial collections at t…
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Brill’s Encyclopedia of China