![]() ![]() ![]() Although printing was well developed at the time, the cost of printing such a vast work was too great. The original manuscript, compiled at imperial command by over 2,000 scholars from 1403-08, comprised 22,877 sections in 11,095 volumes. ![]() Yong-le da dian 永乐大典 ('Great Compendium of the Yong-le reign-period') was the largest example of the Chinese literary genre known as lei shu 类书 ('book of categories'), a compilation of pre-existing texts rearranged under various subject headings (lei). Chinese Works : Yong-le da dian Chinese Works
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