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''Cefu Yuangui'' () was the largest ''leishu'' (encyclopedia) compiled during the Chinese Song Dynasty (960–1279 AD). It was the last of the ''Four Great Books of Song'', the previous three encyclopedias published in the 10th century. English titles for this encyclopedia are ''Prime Tortoise of the Record Bureau'',〔 This Wikipedia article was created in 2006 and renamed in 2006 as ''Prime Tortoise of the Record Bureau''.〕 ''The Magic Mirror in the Palace of Books'', ''Archival Palace as the Great Oracle'', ''General Preface on Outer Ministers'', ''Outstanding Models from the Storehouse of Literature'', and ''Models from the Archives''. The encyclopedia was originally named ''Narrative of Monarchs and Officials in the Past Dynasties'' but was later renamed to ''Yuangui'', meaning the oracle tortoise shells, and ''Cefu'', the imperial's storehouse of literature. The work was started in 1005 and finished in 1013 by Wang Qinruo and numerous other scholars. It was one of the four books that were divided into 1,000 volumes. It was almost twice as large as the ''Imperial Readings of the Taiping Era'' and was ranked second in the ''Siku Quanshu'' collections. It consisted of about 9.4 million words (or Chinese characters), which included many political essays, biographies of rulers and subjects, memorials, and decrees. ==See also== * Chinese literature * Chinese classic texts * Culture of the Song Dynasty 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cefu Yuangui」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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