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…It also has a strong character as a comprehensive collection of documents. Shortly after ascending to the throne, in 1403 (Yongle 1), Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty (Yongle Emperor), he placed literati such as Jiji (1369-1415) and Yang Shiqi in the Hanlin and ordered them to create a comprehensive collection of all necessary information from all books since ancient times. The book completed the following year was named “Wenshu Dacheng,” but this did not meet the emperor's wishes, so Yao Guangxiao and other scholars, along with more than 2,000 scribes, were mobilized to expand and revise it from 1405 to the winter of 1408. …

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…総合文献集としての性格も濃い。明の成祖(永楽帝)は即位まもなく，1403年(永楽1)，解縉（かいしん）(1369‐1415)，楊士奇ら文人たちを翰林に入れ，太古以来の全書籍から必要事項を網羅した大類書の作成を命じた。翌年完成した書物は《文献大成》と名づけられたが，帝の意にみたず，姚広孝をはじめさらに多くの学者と2000人以上の筆写人が動員され，1405年から08年冬まで増訂が行われた。…

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