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The database contains documentaries from ancient China to the early Qing Dynasty, which cover a wide range of fields, including astronomy and geography, politics and economics, military and law, philosophy and ethics, education, culture and arts, music and dance, chess, poetry, painting, religion and mythology, agriculture, medicine, folk remedies, vehicles, etc. It also includes over 6,000 illustrations and charts, making it a precious historical resource for researchers.
《古今圖書集成》收錄上古到明末清初的古代文獻資料， 內容無所不包，凡舉天文地理、政治經濟、軍事法律、哲學倫理、科舉教育、文化藝術、音樂舞蹈、琴棋詩畫、宗教神話、禽蟲草木、農桑漁牧、醫藥偏方、油鹽茶酒、木陶舟車等各種領域，並有六千多幅精美圖表解析，具有極高的實用史料價值。