BOOK which TRIES to COLLECT SYSTEMATICALLY
ALL BASIC KNOWLEDGE.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current classical Chinese word for an encyclopaedia is 類書 "sub-classified book" a term that occurs already in 前漢記 according to DCD.
NOTE:
The earliest works of an encyclopaedic nature are HN and LSCQ. From Yìwénlèijù 藝文類聚 onwards China has produced a remarkable range of encyclopaedias in the narrower sense.
Hypernym
BOOK BIG DOCUMENT CONTAINING MANY CHAPTERS. (anc: 6/0, child: 1)
DOCUMENT ARTEFACT PRODUCED FOR CONTAINING WRITING. (anc: 5/0, child: 15)
ARTEFACT THING PRODUCED by MAN. (anc: 4/0, child: 26)
Encyclopaedias in China Cahiers d'histoire mondiale
(BAUER 1966)
p.
Encyclopedians, their History Throughout the Ages. A Bibliographical Guide
(COLLISON 1964)
p.