The Encyclopedia of China belongs to 3 times literature.
The Encyclopedia of China is a large, comprehensive encyclopedia covering knowledge in many subject areas. It is the result of organizing, summarizing and concluding existing knowledge. Through editing and arranging, it condenses a large amount of primary literature into 3 times literature that is easy to understand and access.
In bibliography, the original literature refers to the first published, unprocessed and organized literature, such as research reports, academic papers and so on. And 3 times literature is based on the original literature, after further processing, induction and summarization and the formation of the literature, such as encyclopedias, manuals and so on.
Therefore, the Encyclopedia of China belongs to the 3 times literature, which is a comprehensive organization of existing knowledge and provides readers with more comprehensive, systematic and in-depth knowledge. As a comprehensive and large-scale encyclopedia, the Encyclopedia of China is a compilation and summary of existing knowledge and has high academic value and practicality.
The process of the formation of the Encyclopedia of China
China has had a tradition of editing class books since ancient times. Over the past two thousand years, more than four hundred class books of various sizes have been published. These books are a treasure trove of China's cultural heritage, and they have collected, organized and preserved important information from China's scientific and cultural canon through the ages in a compartmentalized manner. Some of the earlier class books have been dispersed, but many have been handed down or partially handed down to the present day, and these books are treasured by scholars in China and the world.
In the mid-eighteenth century, when China was compiling the huge "Siku Quanshu", Western Europe, France, Germany, Britain, Italy and other countries have edited and published a modern encyclopedia. Later the United States, Russia, Japan and other countries also published such books. Modern encyclopedias provide a concise overview of past knowledge and history of mankind and highlight the latest achievements of contemporary science and culture.
Over the past two hundred years, countries have accumulated a wealth of experience in editing encyclopedias, which have become increasingly complete and scientific in terms of classification of knowledge, editing methods, picture equipment, and search systems. Today, encyclopedias have played a very important role in human cultural activities, and various types and specialties of encyclopedias have become the necessities of people's daily lives almost like thesauruses.