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Workers settle the duplicate of a classic Chinese book, the "Siku Quanshu," or the "Complete Library in the Four Branches of Literature," in the Wanfo Building at Tianning Temple of Yangzhou, east China's Jiangsu province, April 16, 2014. The reproduction will be open to the public free of charge starting from April 18. Compilation of the "Siku Quanshu," launched under the reign of Emperor Qianlong (1736-1795) in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and organized by the literary emperor himself, took 15 years to complete. The Yangzhou copy of the masterpiece, which contains over 36,000 volumes concerning Chinese philosophy, history, classics and literature, is published by the Commercial Press and undertaken by Yangzhou Bindings. [Photo/Xinhua]
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A rare duplicate of a classic Chinese book opened to the public in East China's Jiangsu province on Friday.
The reproduction of the "Siku Quanshu," or the "Complete Library in the Four Branches of Literature," is available to view free of charge in the Wanfo Building at Tianning Temple in the city of Yangzhou, said Wang Genbao, chairman of the copy's maker, Yangzhou Bindings.
The "Siku Quanshu" originally had seven copies, most of which were destroyed during warfare. The Yangzhou copy, which took more than a decade to make, was based on the classic's "Wen Jin Ge" edition, one of three remaining completely preserved copies. The original "Wen Jin Ge" edition is currently preserved at the National Library of China (NLC). more
