Sancai Tuhui (三才圖會, ), compiled by Wang Qi (王圻) and his son Wang Siyi, is a Chinese
leishu encyclopedia, completed in 1607 and published in 1609 during the late
Ming dynasty, featuring illustrations of subjects in the three worlds of heaven, earth, and humanity. The work contains a large number of posthumous and contemporary depictions of Chinese emperors.
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Title
The title of this encyclopedia has been variously translated into English as "Illustrations of the Three Powers", "Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms", "Pictorial Compendium of the Three Powers", and others; in the original title, "Sancai" refers to the three realms of "heaven, earth, and man", and "Tuhui" means "collection of illustrations".
Description
This encyclopedia is organized into 106 chapters in 14 categories (astronomy, geography, biographies, history, biology, and such), with text and illustrations for the articles. Reproductions of this encyclopedia are still in print in China.
While it contains some inaccurate or mythological articles (for example, the articles on the horseshoe crab and the crane), it also distinguished itself from the common "everyday encyclopedias" (, riyong leishu) at that time by being accurate in some other articles (for example, accurate depictions of the Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese people's clothing, and a very accurate world map (the Shanhai Yudi Quantu).
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《
三才圖會》,又名《
三才圖說》,是由
明朝文獻學家、藏書家
王圻、王思義父子撰寫的百科式類書,於萬曆三十五年(1607年)成書,兩年後出版。全書共106卷,圖文並茂,反映了明代人的世界觀,為後人了解和研究明代社會提供了大量資料。
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內容
《三才圖會》中的「三才」,即「天」、「地」和「人」。
全書共106卷,分為天文、地理、人物、時令、宮室、器用、身體、衣服、人事、儀制、珍寶、文史、鳥獸和草木共十四門,前三門為王圻撰就,後十一門為王思義寫成,又經王思義以十年之功,詳細審定。每門之下分卷,條記事物,「圖繪以勒之于先,論話以綴之于後」,互為印証。
目錄
• 三才圖會序一(周孔教撰)、序二(熊劍化撰)、序三(陳繼儒撰)
• 三才圖會引(王圻撰)
• 《天文》四卷
• 《地理》十六卷
• 《人物》十四卷
• 《時令》四卷
• 《宮室》四卷
• 《器用》十二卷
• 《身體》七卷
• 《衣服》三卷
• 《人事》十卷
• 《儀制》八卷
• 《珍寶》二卷
• 《文史》四卷
• 《鳥獸》六卷
• 《草木》十二卷
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