Published December 1, 2017 at 1657 × 2750 in Discovering the Library’s Older Chinese Collection, Online ← Previous Next → “Yongle dadian” (The Great Encyclopedia of Yongle in Manuscript 永樂大典) compiled in 1404-1407 by order of the Yongle Emperor (永樂) of the Ming dynasty (Chinese rare book collection, Asian Division).