Editor | Wang Qinruo, Yang Yi et al. |
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Language | Classical Chinese |
Subject | mainly politics and history |
Publication date | 1013 |
Publication place | Song dynasty |
Cefu Yuangui | |||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 冊府元龜 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 册府元龟 | ||||||||||||
Literal meaning | Prime Tortoise of the Book Department | ||||||||||||
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Cefu Yuangui (冊府元龜) is the largest leishu (encyclopedia) compiled during the Chinese Song dynasty (AD 960–1279). It was the last of the Four Great Books of Song, the previous three having been published in the 10th century.