Beijing Library - Peking Library (English)

Japanese: 北京図書館 - ペキンとしょかん（英語表記）Běi jīng tú shū guǎn

A library in Beijing, China. Its predecessor was the Jingshi Library (technically, the Faculty Library), which was established in 1909 (the 1st year of the Xuantong era) at the request of Zhang Zhidong, and was supervised by Miao Juansun. In 1912, Jiang Han became director and opened the library to the public, so this year is now considered the year of its founding. In 1928, it was renamed the National Beiping Library, and the following year it merged with the Beiping Beihai Library, and in 1931 it moved to its current location on the west coast of the Beihai Sea. After liberation, it became the Beijing Library, and in 1982 it officially became the National Library of China. It contains the "National Beiping Library Supplementary Books" and the "Beijing Library Supplementary Books".

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国，北京にある図書館。前身は京師図書館(正しくは学部図書館)で，1909年(宣統1)に張之洞の奏請を受けて作られ，繆荃孫（びゆうせんそん）が監督となった。12年に江瀚が館長に就任し一般公開を行ったので，この年を現在では創立年としている。28年に国立北平図書館と改称，翌年北平北海図書館と合併，31年北海西岸の現在の地に移った。解放後北京図書館となり，82年より中国国家図書館を正式館名とする。《国立北平図書館善本書目》《北京図書館善本書目》がある。

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