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Ji Yun (Ji Xiaolan)

Preeminent Qing Dynasty scholar-statesman and Chief Editor of the imperial Complete Library of the Four Treasuries (Siku Quanshu).

Also known as Ji Xiaolan · Zi Xiaolan · Chunfan · Ji Chunfan · Wenda

Ji Yun (Ji Xiaolan) (1724 CE–1805 CE) was a legendary scholar of the High Qing era. Serving as Chief Editor of the Siku Quanshu, he classified over 3,500 classical works and authored the definitive critical annotated catalogue.

Life and times

  1. 1724 CEBornQing
  2. 1773Compilation of Siku QuanshuTook partage 49Compiled over eleven years under the Qianlong emperor, the Siku Quanshu assembled 3,503 works in 79,337 juan as a vast imperially sponsored collection.
    1. Ji Xiaolan Compiles the Siku Quanshu1772age 48Under Emperor Qianlong, chief editor Ji Xiaolan compiled the imperial Siku Quanshu encyclopedia comprising 3,500 titles housed in seven palace libraries.
  3. 1805 CEDied

Works

  1. Literature · Fiction28
    1. Notes from the Thatched Cottage of Close ScrutinyQingJi Yun's late notebook of over a thousand tales of foxes, ghosts and retribution
    2. Notes from the Thatched Cottage of Close Scrutiny: PrefaceQing
    3. Notes from the Thatched Cottage of Close Scrutiny: Summer Notes at Luanyang 1Qing
    4. Notes from the Thatched Cottage of Close Scrutiny: Summer Notes at Luanyang 2Qing
    5. Notes from the Thatched Cottage of Close Scrutiny: Summer Notes at Luanyang 3Qing
    6. +23 more
      1. Notes from the Thatched Cottage of Close Scrutiny: Summer Notes at Luanyang 4Qing
      2. Notes from the Thatched Cottage of Close Scrutiny: Summer Notes at Luanyang 5Qing
      3. Notes from the Thatched Cottage of Close Scrutiny: Summer Notes at Luanyang 6Qing
      4. Notes from the Thatched Cottage of Close Scrutiny: Thus I Have Heard 1Qing
      5. Notes from the Thatched Cottage of Close Scrutiny: Thus I Have Heard 2Qing
      6. Notes from the Thatched Cottage of Close Scrutiny: Thus I Have Heard 3Qing
      7. Notes from the Thatched Cottage of Close Scrutiny: Thus I Have Heard 4Qing
      8. Notes from the Thatched Cottage of Close Scrutiny: Miscellany West of the Locust Tree 1Qing
      9. Notes from the Thatched Cottage of Close Scrutiny: Miscellany West of the Locust Tree 2Qing
      10. Notes from the Thatched Cottage of Close Scrutiny: Miscellany West of the Locust Tree 3Qing
      11. Notes from the Thatched Cottage of Close Scrutiny: Miscellany West of the Locust Tree 4Qing
      12. Notes from the Thatched Cottage of Close Scrutiny: Listen as You Please 1Qing
      13. Notes from the Thatched Cottage of Close Scrutiny: Listen as You Please 2Qing
      14. Notes from the Thatched Cottage of Close Scrutiny: Listen as You Please 3Qing
      15. Notes from the Thatched Cottage of Close Scrutiny: Listen as You Please 4Qing
      16. Notes from the Thatched Cottage of Close Scrutiny: Further Notes at Luanyang 1Qing
      17. Notes from the Thatched Cottage of Close Scrutiny: Further Notes at Luanyang 2Qing
      18. Notes from the Thatched Cottage of Close Scrutiny: Further Notes at Luanyang 3Qing
      19. Notes from the Thatched Cottage of Close Scrutiny: Further Notes at Luanyang 4Qing
      20. Notes from the Thatched Cottage of Close Scrutiny: Further Notes at Luanyang 5Qing
      21. Notes from the Thatched Cottage of Close Scrutiny: Further Notes at Luanyang 6Qing
      22. Notes from the Thatched Cottage of Close Scrutiny: Six Entries by Ji RujiQing
      23. Notes from the Thatched Cottage of Close Scrutiny: The Stone Beasts in the RiverQing
  2. Literature · Prose12
    1. Complete Library of the Four TreasuriesQingQianlong Emperor's vast collectanea edited by Ji Yun: over 3,400 works in four divisions
    2. Annotated Catalogue of the Complete Library of the Four TreasuriesQingJi Yun's 200-juan annotated catalogue of the Four Treasuries, with a summary of every book
    3. Complete Library of the Four Treasuries: ClassicsQing
    4. Complete Library of the Four Treasuries: HistoriesQing
    5. Complete Library of the Four Treasuries: MastersQing
    6. +7 more
      1. Complete Library of the Four Treasuries: CollectionsQing
      2. Annotated Catalogue of the Complete Library of the Four Treasuries: Front MatterQing
      3. Annotated Catalogue of the Complete Library of the Four Treasuries: ClassicsQing
      4. Annotated Catalogue of the Complete Library of the Four Treasuries: HistoriesQing
      5. Annotated Catalogue of the Complete Library of the Four Treasuries: MastersQing
      6. Annotated Catalogue of the Complete Library of the Four Treasuries: CollectionsQing
      7. Annotated Catalogue of the Complete Library of the Four Treasuries: Shiji, 130 Juan (Catalogue Entry)Qing
  3. Literature · Sayings5
    1. Gathering and Storing Everything of UseQingIdiom from Han Yu's Explication of Advancing in Learning: the good physician keeps everything
    2. Sung and Recited in Every Household: Qianlong's Call for BooksQingIdiom from Qianlong's edict on collecting books: read and sung in every home
    3. Judging by Theory AloneQingAphorism from Ji Yun's Stone Beasts in the River: theory alone will not find them
    4. Studying Antiquity and Honouring Letters: Qianlong's Book EdictQingFamous line from Qianlong's 1772 edict on collecting books: honour antiquity and letters
    5. Knowing One Thing but Not the Other: The Stone Beasts in the RiverQingIdiom in Ji Yun's story of the stone beasts: knowing one side but missing the other

Connections

  1. Shared events3
    1. Qianlong Emperor1711 CE–1799 CE
    2. Wang Niansun1744 CE–1832 CE
    3. Dai Zhen1724 CE–1777 CE