Die Library of Congress schliesst die Digitalisierung der Yongle-Enzyklopädie, des größten Nachschlagewerks der Vormoderne, ab (via newsroom.loc.gov):
«The Library of Congress has completed a yearslong effort to digitize the Yongle Encyclopedia (Yongle dadian 永樂大典), the largest reference work created in pre-modern China, and possibly the world. Digital publication of the 41 volumes held in the Library’s collections provides open access to one of the most extensive attempts in world history to capture the entirety of human knowledge in book form.
The massive work was compiled between 1403 and 1408 for use by Zhu Di — known as the Yongle emperor, after his reign era name — the third emperor of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). A hand-copied duplicate of the entire manuscript was produced between 1562 and 1567 during the reigns of the Jiajing and Longqing emperors. The original edition was later totally lost.»