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PASSAGE · 黄色 = 答案 · 蓝色虚线框 = 保留的提示词 · 点击单词查词典P1 As everyone knows, the Encyclopaedia Britannica is the oldest English-language encyclopaedia. But in 1 fact, more than 300 years before it, a Chinese encyclopaedia called the Yongle Dadian, or the Yongle Encyclopaedia, had already been there.
P2 In 1403, the Emperor Yongle of the Ming dynasty asked Xie Jin to complete a collection 2 (collect) of every subject and every known book of Chinese. One year later, Xie, along with a team of over 100 people, finished the first 3 (one) version (版本) of the encyclopaedia named A Complete Work of Literature (《文献大成》).
P3 However, the emperor wasn't happy with it because 4 it was completed so quickly and he thought the content (内容) wasn't enough. In 1405, he ordered 5 (order) Yao Guangxiao to compile (编写) the encyclopaedia. The 6 number of people included rose to 2,169. Two years later, they completed the work and won praise from the emperor. The Emperor Yongle named the encyclopaedia after his 7 (he) reign name (年号). Then it took the team another year to finish 8 (finish) the final version.
P4 The Yongle Encyclopaedia contained 22,877 scrolls (卷轴) in 11,095 volumes, and it included all kinds of subjects, such as history, geography, medicine, art and science. It is the largest 9 (large) encyclopaedia ever compiled in the world. However, over the years, many volumes have been lost. Today 224 volumes of the Yongle Encyclopaedia are safely 10 (safe) kept in the National Library of China in Beijing.