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administer the empire alphabetical index arranged astronomy and mathematics available elsewhere bibliophiles British Library British Museum capital city catalogue cause of scholarship Ch'en Meng-lei Ch'ing Chiang T'ing-hsi chin-shih CHINA SOCIETY LONDON CHINA SOCIETY OCCASIONAL Chinese culture Chinese encyclopaedia Ching-fang Chung-kuo collection of writings compiled completed different ts’ung-shu earlier writings early encyclo ENCYCLOPAEDIAS by Michael entries examples Fang half folio Han-lin heavens K’ang-hsi emperor Keng Ching-chung Ku-chin t'u-shu chi-ch'eng Li Fang Lionel Giles Liu Hsiang liu t'ieh shih-lei-chi Loewe THE CHINA Major Brothers material Michael Loewe Mukden Notes for Further number of copies official Ou-yang paedia patronage Pei T'ang penchant for classification predecessors Prince Yin-chih print area produced in manuscript respect for literature San-ts'ai scholars shih liu t'ieh sinology small number SOCIETY OCCASIONAL PAPERS specialist encyclopaedias sponsorship sub-heads survive T'ai-p'ing yü-lan T'ang dynasty table of contents traditional Tsung-li ya-men unofficial nature Yung-cheng Yung-lo ta-tien