The history department is mainly divided into 15 categories, such as official history, chronicle, miscellaneous history, other history, imperial edicts, biographies, historical records, records, seasons, geography, official positions, political books, catalogues, historical reviews, etc., among which imperial edicts are divided into imperial edicts and historical reviews.
Geographical points 10 genus, namely, Gongshu, Tongzhi, Dujun, rivers, frontier defense, mountains and rivers, historical sites, miscellaneous notes, travel notes and external notes; Officials are divided into two genera, namely, official system and official admonition; Political books are divided into six genera, namely, general system, ritual system, national planning, military and political affairs, regulations and examinations; The catalogue is divided into two categories: classic and epigraphy. It mainly collects books such as biographies of historical and geographical figures.
Introduction of Sikuquanshu;
The full name of Sikuquanshu is Qin Ding Sikuquanshu, which is a large-scale series compiled during the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty. Under the auspices of Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty, it was compiled by more than 360 senior officials and scholars, including Ji Yun, and copied by more than 3,800 people. It took 13 years to compile. It is divided into four parts: Jing, Shi, Zi and Ji, hence the name "Four Ku".
According to Wen Jin Ge Ji, * * contains 3,462 kinds of books, including 79,338 volumes (equivalent to 3.5 times of Yongle Dadian), more than 36,000 volumes and about 800 million words. The first draft was completed in the 47th year of Qianlong (1782) and the 57th year of Qianlong (1792). Emperor Qianlong ordered seven copies of Sikuquanshu to be hidden all over the country.
The first four volumes are kept in Wen Yuan Pavilion of the Forbidden City, Wenshui Pavilion of Shenyang, Liaoning, Wen Yuan Pavilion of Yuanmingyuan and Jinwen Pavilion of Chengde, Hebei, which is the so-called "North Fourth Pavilion". These three copied parts are kept in Wen Hui Pavilion in Yangzhou, Wenzong Pavilion in Zhenjiang and Wen Lan Pavilion in Hangzhou, which is the so-called "South Three Pavilions".
Sikuquanshu, the largest cultural project in ancient China, made the most systematic and comprehensive summary of China's classical culture and presented the knowledge system of China's classical culture. Sikuquanshu is the richest and most complete integrated work of China traditional culture. China's literature, history, philosophy, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, almost all disciplines can find the source and blood.