《四库全书》 / Siku Quanshu

Overview

《四库全书》 / Siku Quanshu appears across two 博物志 episodes as both the collection behind imperial library pavilions and a later Qing compilation project that reused 《永乐大典》.

Current Profile

The Hangzhou source treats Siku Quanshu mainly as the institutional background for 文澜阁. The writing-traditions source distinguishes it from Yongle Dadian: Siku Quanshu is a collected edition of whole works rather than a classified extraction system, and its compilers used the earlier compilation for textual recovery. Together the sources make it both a distributed preservation project and a reminder that imperial collection involves selection, editing, and access choices.

Key Characteristics

• Connected to a named set of Qing imperial library pavilions.
• Gives 文澜阁 / Wenlan Pavilion its book-heritage significance in the source.
• Functions as a bridge between ancient-book exhibition discussion and Hangzhou site travel.
• Differs structurally from a classified book by collecting and editing books as books.
• Used surviving Yongle Dadian material to recover works no longer available independently.

Evidence

• Pavilion network - 246. 杭州博物馆「一苇杭之」，好久没看过这么推荐的展览了 names Wenyuan, Wenjin, Wensu, Wenzong, Wenhui, and Wenlan pavilions in the Siku Quanshu discussion.
• Hangzhou preservation layer - 246. 杭州博物馆「一苇杭之」，好久没看过这么推荐的展览了 says Wenlan Pavilion was destroyed in war, rebuilt, and later associated with collection relocation to Zhejiang Library.
• Exhibition route - 246. 杭州博物馆「一苇杭之」，好久没看过这么推荐的展览了 uses the Siku Quanshu branch after the ancient-book exhibition.
• Compilation distinction - 244. 书写给过去、未来的人与神明——中国文明中的书写传统与长期主义 contrasts the collection’s whole-book structure with Yongle Dadian’s extracted and reclassified contents.
• Textual recovery - 244. 书写给过去、未来的人与神明——中国文明中的书写传统与长期主义 says Qing compilers used Yongle Dadian to reconstruct lost works including Old History of the Five Dynasties.

Qualifications

The page remains source-bounded. It now addresses collection form and textual recovery but does not provide a full account of censorship, editorial policy, textual politics, or the history of each pavilion copy.

What Changed

• Created Siku Quanshu as the collection context for Wenlan Pavilion in the Hangzhou episode.
• Added its structural contrast with Yongle Dadian and its role in Qing textual recovery.

Relationships

• 文澜阁 / Wenlan Pavilion - Hangzhou pavilion connected to the collection.
• Ancient Chinese Book Materiality / 中国古籍物质性 - adjacent book-preservation and materiality frame.
• Ming-Qing Hangzhou Publishing Culture / 明清杭州出版文化 - local book-history field that the pavilion discussion extends.
• 杭州 / Hangzhou - city setting for the source branch.
• “意味杭之：馆藏明清古籍展” / Yiwei Hangzhi Exhibition - exhibition route that leads into the collection discussion.
• 《永乐大典》 - earlier classified compilation used as a recovery source.
• Textual Survival Through Recopying - preservation principle illustrated by distributed copies and later reconstruction.
• Long-Horizon Knowledge Stewardship / 长时段知识托管 - broader framework for judging collection, access, and reuse.