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Complete Library of the Four Treasuries
The Siku quanshu, or Complete Library of the Four Treasuries, is the most comprehensive collectanea in Chinese history. In the reign of the Qianlong emperor (r. 1736–1795), the Qing court summoned the realm’s eminent scholars to work on this project; it took decades to finish.