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The Four Great Books of Song ( simplified Chinese: 宋四大书; traditional Chinese: 宋四大書; pinyin: Sòng sì dà shū) was compiled by a team of scholars during the Song dynasty (960–1279). The term was coined after the last book ( Cefu Yuangui) was finished during the 11th century. The four encyclopedias were published and intended to collect the whole knowledge of the new state.

The four books are:

• The Taiping Yulan is a general-purpose leishu encyclopedia.
• The Taiping Guangji is a collection of deities, fairies, ghost stories and theology.
• The Wenyuan Yinghua is an anthology of poetry, odes, songs and other writings.
• The Cefu Yuangui is a leishu encyclopedia of political essays, autobiographies, memorials and decrees.

See also

• Chinese classic texts

References

• Kurz, Johannes L. (2003). Das Kompilationsprojekt Song Taizongs (reg. 976-997). Peter Lang. ISBN  978-3-906770-63-5.

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