Sancai Tuhui

Sancai Tuhui
The world map Shanhai Yudi Quantu in Sancai Tuhui
Traditional Chinese三才
Simplified Chinese三才图会
Literal meaningcollection of illustrations of the three realms
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSāncái Túhuì
Wade–GilesSan1-tsai2 Tu2-hui4
IPA[sán.tsʰǎɪ tʰǔ.xwêɪ]
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingsaam1 coi4 tou4 wui6

Sancai Tuhui (Chinese: 三才圖會, san-TS'EYE TOO-khwey), compiled by Wang Qi (Chinese: 王圻) and his son Wang Siyi (王思義), is a Chinese leishu encyclopedia, completed in 1607 and published in 1609 during the late Ming dynasty, featuring illustrations of subjects in the three worlds of heaven, earth, and humanity. The work contains a large number of posthumous and contemporary depictions of Chinese emperors.