Charles Davis writes \”
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The world\’s largest
nonfiction work and its earliest
encyclopedia is going to be given a new
lease of life when it gets reprinted for
the first time in 600 years.
The Yongle encyclopedia (Yongle Dadian)
— made up of 22,877 volumes in 11,095
books — is being republished by the Beijing
Library Press, China\’s state-run Xinhua
news agency said.
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