Books & Documents · TT503

Manuscripts

Dunhuang and Turfan manuscripts and other hand-written books

42treasures

7dynasties

9institutions

Tang

14 treasures

618–907

Tang dynasty · Ritual JadesJade Book for the Earth Sacrifice of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Thirteenth Year of KaiyuanThe jade book of Tang Xuanzong's Mount Tai riteNational Palace MuseumTE10111Tang dynasty, dated 648 · Calligraphy OriginalsGuo Quan, Sudassana VinayaA complete Tang sutra copy of 648Palace MuseumTE10216Sixteen Kingdoms to early Northern Song · ManuscriptsPelliot Collection of Dunhuang ManuscriptsThe Library Cave's most carefully chosen scrollsBibliothèque nationale de FranceTE10523Late Tang to Five Dynasties · ManuscriptsSutra of the Eight Yang Divine Mantras (Late Tang to Five Dynasties Manuscript Scroll)A sutra copied for departed parentsNational Central LibraryTE10524Tang dynasty · ManuscriptsGuanzhong Commentary on the Vimalakirti Sutra (Tang Manuscript Scroll)Lecture notes from a Shazhou monasteryNational Central LibraryTE10525Tang dynasty · ManuscriptsGuanzhong Notes on the Vimalakirti Sutra (Tang Manuscript Scroll)A commentary read by a Sanjie Temple monkNational Central LibraryTE10526Tang dynasty · ManuscriptsWu Cailuan, Tangyun Rhyme DictionaryThe book behind the legend of a scribe immortalNational Palace MuseumTE10527Sixteen Kingdoms to early Northern Song · ManuscriptsDunhuang Manuscripts in the National Library of ChinaWhat the nation kept from the Library CaveNational Library of ChinaTE10528Tang dynasty · ManuscriptsMahaparinirvana Sutra (Tang Manuscript Scroll)The sutra the nun Zhixing keptNational Central LibraryTE10530Late Tang (colophon dated 875) · ManuscriptsXiaochao Commentary (Tang Manuscript Scroll)A late Tang notebook of monastic rulesNational Central LibraryTE10533Tang (or a Heian-period Japanese copy) · ManuscriptsAnnotated Wenxuan Collection (Tang Manuscript)A Wenxuan commentary nearly nine metres longNational Central LibraryTE10537Tang dynasty · ManuscriptsTang Manuscript of Wang Renxu's Corrected and Supplemented QieyunA Tang rhyme dictionary that survives wholePalace MuseumTE10548Tang dynasty · ManuscriptsGolden Light Sutra (Tang Manuscript Scroll)A state-protecting sutra with Tang sound glossesNational Central LibraryTE10558Tang dynasty · Astronomical InstrumentsDunhuang Star ChartThe whole Tang sky on paperBritish LibraryTE10673

Ming

11 treasures

1368–1644

Ming dynasty, Jiajing reign (copied 1562-1567) · ManuscriptsYongle Encyclopedia, Jiajing Copy Volumes in the National Library of ChinaSurviving volumes of the greatest Chinese encyclopediaNational Library of ChinaTE10044Ming, Jiajing-Longqing re-copy · ManuscriptsYongle Encyclopedia, 115 Extant JuanEncyclopedia volumes that crossed the PacificNational Palace MuseumTE10539Ming, Jiajing-Longqing re-copy · ManuscriptsYongle Encyclopedia, Juan 13991The only copy of three southern playsNational Central LibraryTE10540Ming, Jiajing-Longqing re-copy · ManuscriptsYongle Encyclopedia, Juan 15897-15898A Buddhist treatise inside an encyclopediaNational Central LibraryTE10541Ming, Jiajing-Longqing re-copy · ManuscriptsYongle Encyclopedia, Juan 10421-10422A dossier on people named LiNational Central LibraryTE10542Ming, Jiajing-Longqing re-copy · ManuscriptsYongle Encyclopedia, Juan 3579-3581Villages in history and verseNational Central LibraryTE10543Ming, Jiajing-Longqing re-copy · ManuscriptsYongle Encyclopedia, Juan 20572A Mahayana sutra copied into an encyclopediaNational Central LibraryTE10544Ming, Jiajing-Longqing re-copy · ManuscriptsYongle Encyclopedia, Juan 20478-20479A small dictionary of ancient officesNational Central LibraryTE10545Ming, Jiajing-Longqing re-copy · ManuscriptsYongle Encyclopedia, Juan 6700-6701A gazetteer of Jiujiang inside the encyclopediaNational Central LibraryTE10546Ming, Jiajing-Longqing re-copy · ManuscriptsYongle Encyclopedia, Juan 485-486Two juan on loyaltyNational Central LibraryTE10547Ming dynasty · ManuscriptsIllustrated Minerals, Insects and Plants (Ming Painted Edition)A Ming woman painter's herbalNational Central LibraryTE10560

Qing

10 treasures

1636–1912

Qing dynasty · ManuscriptsSiku Quanshu, Wenyuan Pavilion CopyThe imperial library of the Forbidden City's Wenyuan PavilionNational Palace MuseumTE10045Text 8th-12th century; extant manuscripts and prints later · ManuscriptsThe Four Treatises of Tibetan MedicineThe root text of Tibetan medicineTibetan Traditional Hospital (Mentsikhang)TE10522Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign · ManuscriptsWenjin Pavilion Copy of the Siku QuanshuAn imperial library still in its original casesNational Library of ChinaTE10535Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign · ManuscriptsWensu Pavilion Copy of the Siku QuanshuA Siku set that moved from Mukden to LanzhouGansu Provincial LibraryTE10536Ming and Qing dynasties · ManuscriptsAncient Naxi Dongba Literature ManuscriptsPictographic scriptures of the NaxiLijiang Dongba Culture Research InstituteTE10551Qing, ordered in 1770 (Qianlong 35) · ManuscriptsTibetan Manuscript KanjurA golden canon for an empress dowager's eightieth birthdayNational Palace MuseumTE10552Qing, 1667-1669 (Kangxi 6-8) · ManuscriptsTibetan Manuscript Dragon KanjurA Buddhist canon of 108 jewelled casesNational Palace MuseumTE10553Qing, 1674 (Kangxi 13) · ManuscriptsCollected Dharani Sutras, Gu-zang 000025Spells for the young Kangxi EmperorNational Palace MuseumTE10554Qing, 1674 (Kangxi 13) · ManuscriptsCollected Dharani Sutras, Gu-zang 000091Spells written in cinnabarNational Palace MuseumTE10555Qing, completed 1778 (Qianlong 43) · ManuscriptsSiku Quanshu Huiyao (Essentials of the Four Treasuries)The essential edition of the Siku QuanshuNational Palace MuseumTE10561