Judy's compilation of Yongle Dadian is very successful, which is not only reflected in the achievements of Yongle Dadian, but also in Judy's decision-making. In ancient China, Confucianism was respected, and the strict hierarchy was followed for thousands of years. Although the royal family holds the supreme right to speak, under the traditional moral concept of ancient China, the moment they were put on the hat of rebellion and usurpation, they were destined to be written on the shame column of history, and the emperor was no exception. And the truth of all this, Judy was painfully aware when she killed ten families in Fang Xiaoru.
With Judy's intelligence, it is impossible to silence Confucianism and ministers with endless killing. At this time, Judy caught the pain of Confucianism. Every Confucian official wants to go down in history, but what they lack is an opportunity to compile Yongle Dadian. In A.D. 1403, Judy needed to compile a comprehensive book because of the numerous titles and complicated contents of the existing books, which were not suitable for later generations. As for the content, it must cover all categories, and the economic aspect is completely out of the scope of concern.
It can be seen that Judy's generosity is not all a diversion, but the editor-in-chief Jie Jin and others did not see this. Editor-in-chief Jie Jin led the ministers to struggle for a year. Literature is great? When it was submitted to Judy, it was conceivable that such a hasty job was criticized by Judy. This time, Judy extended the deadline indefinitely and ordered that all known books and cultural categories must be included, and the content must be detailed. Jie Jin, a great calligrapher in Ming Dynasty, was appointed as editor-in-chief.
According to records, the scale of the reconstruction work is extremely grand, and the members include? There are 3 principals, 25 vice-principals, 387 editors, 5 editorial boards, 332 editorial boards, 57 sample readers, transcribers 138 1 person, professors 10 person and 20 administrative personnel, all of which are 2 180 people. ? It took 2 180 people three years to finalize the Yongle Dadian, and another 3,000 people a year to copy it. On such a grand scale, Judy, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, personally prefaced it and named it Yongle Grand Ceremony. After the completion of Yongle Dadian, it is still the largest encyclopedia in world history.
There are 22,877 volumes of Yongle Dadian, and there are 60 volumes in the catalogue alone. From astronomical geography to literary encyclopedia, almost all the documents circulated before the Ming emperor became his father. The book is * * * 370 million words, all written in small letters, and divided into 1 1095 volumes. The official font of the Ming Dynasty was the pavilion script, and the Yongle Grand Ceremony was also the full text. The mountains, rivers, utensils and crafts in it were all described in a simple way.
According to records, the Yongle Grand Ceremony was luxuriously packaged, and the Golden Cover showed off its status. The book Yongle Dadian is 50.3 cm long, 30 cm wide and 2 cm thick. There are not only the records of ancient books, but also the notes made by the editing minister on the incomprehensible parts of ancient books. Some people will take Sikuquanshu as an analogy, but in Yongle Dadian, all ancient books strive to be true, but the content has not changed at all, which is essentially different from Sikuquanshu.
Yongle ceremony is unique. It took another 3,000 people a year to copy 370 million words. So the possibility of printing at that time did not exist at all, and the possibility of reproduction was very small. In Judy's time, there were only two sets of manuscripts and books of Yongle Dadian. Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty was particularly fond of Yongle Ceremony. However, it is a pity that the weather is not beautiful. 1557, the palace was very popular. Although the main hall was not preserved with Jiajing's efforts, the Yongle Grand Ceremony in the Wenlou was not in danger. In order to prevent similar things from happening again, Jiajing decided? Re-record one and save it in another place, just in case? .
The situation in the Ming dynasty was stable and the world was rich, so it is possible to copy it again. Thanks to Xu Jie's efforts, the copied officials have excellent working conditions, not only food and wine, but also berries. It is particularly worth mentioning that the scribe can get the scribe allowance without going to the early court. The enthusiasm of the officials was greatly mobilized, but unfortunately, the calligraphers in Judy's period were highly accomplished, and the manuscripts in Jiajing's period were slightly inferior in font. When Qin Long finished copying in his early years, there should be two original copies and two copies of Yongle Dadian, which was circulated in the world.
As we all know, there is only one "Yongle Dadian" circulating in the world today, and the full text is less than 4% of the whole book. In the late Qing Dynasty, Eight-Nation Alliance entered Beijing. This invasion brought not only the destruction of Yuanmingyuan, but also the Yongle Grand Ceremony preserved in imperial academy. Foreign invaders have only two attitudes towards treasures, one is to take them away and the other is to destroy them. Yongle ceremony is the latter. After that, only a few rare books were resold to other countries. There are only about 400 books handed down from generation to generation, all of which are Jiajing books without exception.
At this time, hatred for the imperialist aggressors is bound to exist, but it is also a disrespect for history to blame everything on the imperialist aggressors. In fact, during the Kangxi period, China's 1000 volumes of records have disappeared, and the original version is long gone. When Emperor Qianlong first compiled the concept of Sikuquanshu, he only recorded 98,865,438+0 volumes of Yongle Dadian, and the number of albums recorded in Guangxu twenty-six years was less than 800. Therefore, Eight-Nation Alliance's damage to Yongle Dadian is only about 400 volumes, which is mostly corroded by court officials.
Although there are more than 400 Jiajing books in the world, all of them no longer exist, but the whereabouts of the original has always been an unsolved mystery. Many scholars believe that the origin of the original work is more inclined to the war in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, or that Emperor Shizong of Ming Dynasty loved the Yongle Grand Ceremony and was buried with him in Yongling. These two points are slightly flawed. The Wen Yuan Pavilion was destroyed by the war, but no one can be sure that the original works are among them. Whether Emperor Shizong of Ming Dynasty had the courage to take the achievements of his ancestors as a funeral remains to be discussed. In any case, it is unrealistic to destroy the yongling mausoleum and seek results.
Now the original Yongle Dadian is missing and the manuscript is incomplete. Now facing this masterpiece, we can only record the whole picture through historical records with regret. It is worth mentioning, however, that if the Yongle Dadian, such as Old Tang Shu and Zilian, were not lost in the late Ming Dynasty, but these estimates were copied from the Yongle Dadian in the Qing Dynasty, otherwise our twenty-fourth history would be twenty-third now. 20 14 Nanjing library exhibits the remnant pages of Yongle dadian copied by the imperial government of Ming dynasty. Looking at the manuscript hundreds of years later, it's already a little bit imperial, as if telling an old story. There is only one page left, but the height is not complete. However, the above words are still as bright as ever after a hundred years, telling the glory of Yongle Grand Ceremony like the public.