Sikuquanshu is very important and has unique literature value. The scope of Sikuquanshu is super wide, including history, philosophy, science, industry, agriculture, medicine and so on, which is simply a summary of the culture at that time. Although this book refers to western scientific and technological knowledge and puts Confucian classics first, it records and preserves a large number of historical documents. Some books were abandoned or lost for a long time when they were edited. Without this book, they may disappear directly into history. And because of the experience brought by this book revision, it provides experience for later sorting out ancient books and improving printing technology.
Today, Sikuquanshu has indeed experienced vicissitudes, and many manuscripts were destroyed by war. Fortunately, Kangxi specially copied seven books by hand and collected them in various places. Sikuquanshu is a masterpiece like a dictionary. It is accompanied by the emergence of essence, which allows us to touch the profoundness of culture and have the opportunity to learn from the wisdom of our ancestors. It covers almost all the books in ancient times, saving us a lot of effort now.
It needs more than 4000 editors to complete the production, and I hope it can be completed in my lifetime. This book contains more than 3,000 kinds of books. Under the printing technology at that time, many people needed to copy at the same time. Gan Long attaches great importance to the development of culture. It was not until he compiled Kangxi Dictionary, Qing Hui Dian and Quan Tang Poetry that he found that these were not enough. Kangxi has achieved so much, and he also hopes that he can have a glorious history. At first, he just unconsciously collected books and read them by himself. After many editing experiences, he found that he could get bigger ones. Therefore, he also presided over the writing of scholars such as Ji Yun. More and more people need to call for such a big project, hoping to finish it as soon as possible in their lifetime.
After writing, you still need to copy, which always requires manpower.