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Yongle Encyclopedia article - Yongle Encyclopedia Chinese Ming Dynasty Yongle 1403 Ming Dynasty Encyclopedia 1408 - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | They covered an array of subjects, including agriculture, art, astronomy, drama, geology, history, literature, medicine, natural sciences, religion, and technology, as well as descriptions of unusual natural events. |
 | | The Encyclopedia, which was completed in 1408, comprised over 22,000 manuscript volumes occupying 40 cubic metres (1400 cubic feet). |
 | | Because of the vastness of the work, it could not be block-printed, and it is thought that only one other manuscript copy was made. |
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