THIS MONTH IN HISTORY DECEMBER  

出　　处：《China Today》2010年第12期6-6,共1页今日中国(英文版)

摘　　要：The Yongle Encyclopedia,commissioned by Emperor Yongle(1360-1424),was finally completed,becoming one of the world's earliest,and in the time of the Ming Dynasty(1368-1644),the world's most famous general encyclopedia.The 22,900 volumes were compiled by more than 2,000 scholars between 1403 and 1408.

分 类 号：K205[历史地理—历史学]