Completion of Bibliography
- When
- by 1773 (one passage) or by 1782 (another)
- Where
- Qing Capital
The initial compilation started with the Siku Quanshu Zongmu Tiyao bibliography, whose completion is dated differently by different passages.
The initial compilation of the Siku Quanshu started with the Siku Quanshu Zongmu Tiyao bibliography. One passage states it was completed by 1773, while another states it had also been completed by 1782; this disagreement is recorded rather than resolved. The first workable drafts, completed in 1781, included bibliographical information on all works in the encyclopedia as well as a large number of works mentioned only by title.
Sources
- Siku Quanshu Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-27
Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.