Tongdian Tōngdiǎn 通典
Tongdian 通典 is an encyclopedia compiled in the Tang Dynasty (618–907 ce) by the prominent scholar-official Du You 杜佑 (735–812 ce). A survey of the social, political and cultural institutions of Chinese history, the Tongdian served as a longstanding model for the compilation of Chinese encyclopedias. ...
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