Historedia
Person

Ji Yun

Events
1
Episodes
3
Years
1772–1782

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Ji Yun, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Written work begins on the Siku Quanshu

    1772–1782

    Role: Chief Editor

    1. 1772 · Qing capital (inferred institutional context; passages say only 'the capital')Commission of the Siku Quanshu

      The Qianlong Emperor ordered the creation of the Siku Quanshu in 1772, initiating a massive literary compilation project.

    2. by 1773 (one passage) or by 1782 (another) · Qing CapitalCompletion of Bibliography

      The initial compilation started with the Siku Quanshu Zongmu Tiyao bibliography, whose completion is dated differently by different passages.

    3. March 1773 · Qing CapitalEstablishment of Editorial Board

      By March 1773, an editorial board in Beijing began gathering and reviewing books for the encyclopedia.

Sources

  1. Siku Quanshu Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-27