”In Gold Room”

"Commissioned by Qing Shengzu 清聖祖 [Kangxi 康熙] in 1704; compiled by Zhang Yushu 張玉書 ... [et al.] and completed in 1711; Yunfu shiyi 韻府拾遺 commissioned in 1716, completed 1720" Cf. Teng, S.Y., Annotated bibliography of selected Chinese reference works, p. 97-98.

"The most comprehensive premodern collection of phrases ... compiled under Imperial auspices .. To this day no Chinese dictionary has included as many words. All 700,000 are arranged under the rhyme of their last character. Each compound is followed by quotations (with references) showing the different uses of the word or phrase, but no definitions as such are given. The Peiwen yunfu is an enlargement of Yuan and Ming dynastic predecessors ... intended as an aid to literary composition" -- Cf. Wilkinson, E., Chinese history, a manual, p. 64-65, 74, 93, 289.

"Commissioned by Qing Shengzu 清聖祖 [Kangxi 康熙] in 1704; compiled by Zhang Yushu 張玉書 ... [et al.] and completed in 1711; Yunfu shiyi 韻府拾遺 commissioned in 1716, completed 1720" Cf. Teng, S.Y., Annotated bibliography of selected Chinese reference works, p. 97-98.

"The most comprehensive premodern collection of phrases ... compiled under Imperial auspices .. To this day no Chinese dictionary has included as many words. All 700,000 are arranged under the rhyme of their last character. Each compound is followed by quotations (with references) showing the different uses of the word or phrase, but no definitions as such are given. The Peiwen yunfu is an enlargement of Yuan and Ming dynastic predecessors ... intended as an aid to literary composition" -- Cf. Wilkinson, E., Chinese history, a manual, p. 64-65, 74, 93, 289.

"Commissioned by Qing Shengzu 清聖祖 [Kangxi 康熙] in 1704; compiled by Zhang Yushu 張玉書 ... [et al.] and completed in 1711; Yunfu shiyi 韻府拾遺 commissioned in 1716, completed 1720" Cf. Teng, S.Y. Annotated bibliography of selected Chinese reference works, p. 97-98.

"The most comprehensive premodern collection of phrases ... compiled under Imperial auspices .. To this day no Chinese dictionary has included as many words. All 700,000 are arranged under the rhyme of their last character. Each compound is followed by quotations (with references) showing the different uses of the word or phrase, but no definitions as such are given. The Peiwen yunfu is an enlargement of Yuan and Ming dynastic predecessors ... intended as an aid to literary composition" Cf. Wilkinson, E., Chinese history, a manual, p. 64-65, 74, 93, 289.

"Commissioned by Qing Shengzu 清聖祖 [Kangxi 康熙] in 1704; compiled by Zhang Yushu 張玉書 ... [et al.] and completed in 1711; Yunfu shiyi 韻府拾遺 commissioned in 1716, completed 1720" Cf. Teng, S.Y. Annotated bibliography of selected Chinese reference works, p. 97-98.

"The most comprehensive premodern collection of phrases ... compiled under Imperial auspices .. To this day no Chinese dictionary has included as many words. All 700,000 are arranged under the rhyme of their last character. Each compound is followed by quotations (with references) showing the differenct uses of the word or phrase, but no definitions as such are given. The Peiwen yunfu is an enlargement of Yuan and Ming dynastic predecessors ... intended as an aid to literary composition" Cf. Wilkinson, E., Chinese history, a manual p. 64-65, 74, 93, 289.

Riyong xuzhi 日用須知 / Shangwu yinshuguan bianyisuo bianzuan 商務印書舘編譯所編纂.
民國15 [1926].

References: Teng, S.Y. Annotated bibliography of selected Chinese reference works, p. 105-106.

"Sancai tuhui 三才圖會 (Assembled pictures of the Three Realms [i.e. heaven, earth, and man]. Illustrated encyclopedia with maps, charts, tables. Illustrations include Chinese emperors, games, clothing, tools, buildings, precious stones, ceremonies, flowers, plants, animals, the human body, weapons, trebuchets, military technology, spears, halberds, etc."--Cf. Wilkinson, E., Chinese history, a manual, p, 692.

"Sancai tuhui 三才圖會 (1609). 106 juan by Wang Qi 王圻, jinshi 1565, from Shanghai. General encyclopedia, with many maps and illustrations, including, to a large part, materials on the Ming period. Divided according to the 'Three Powers 三才' into the following fourteen sections. The juan of each section are numbered separately; there is no through numbering:
(i) 天文, Astronomy, 4 juan.
(ii) 地理, Geography, 16 juan.
(iii) 人物, Men, 14 juan, containing portraits and biographies of emperors, famous officials, Buddhist and Daoist monks, and pictures of foreigners of actual or imaginary countries.
(iv) 時令, Directives for times and seasons, 4 juan.
(v) 宮室, Buildings, 4 juan.
(vi) 器用, Utensils, Implements, 12 juan, such as ceremonial utensils, ships, horses, fishing utensils, arms (including firearms), utensils for agriculture, for weaving, and for irrigation, furniture and other household utensils, etc.
(vii) 身體, Human physiology, 7 juan.
(viii) 衣服, Clothing for official and private use, 3 juan.
(ix) 人事, Human matters, 10 juan, such as music with instructions for playing, games, calligraphy and painting with instructions, dances, breathing gymnastics [qigong], cock-fights, etc.
(x) 儀制, Ceremonies, rites, rituals, 8 juan.
(xi) 珍寶, Precious things, 2 juan.
(xii) 聞史, Literary history, 4 juan, dealing with the Confucian classics and with poetry.,
(xiii) 鳥獸, Birds and beasts, 6 juan.
(xiv) 草木, Plants and trees, 12 juan.
Published during the Wanli period with prefaces by Zhou Kongjiao 周孔教, 1609, and by Xiong Jianhua 熊劍化, 1607, and by Chen Jiru 陳繼儒. -- Adapted from Franke, W. An introduction to the sources of Ming history, pp. 312-313 (9.2.2)

References:
1. Yiwen leiju 藝文類聚 (Collection of literature arranged by categories) ... divided into 47 sections and many subsections. ... the Yiwen leiju 藝文類聚 covers all subjects and contains many quotations from works long since lost. It also cites its sources." Cf. Wilkinson, Chinese history, a manual, p. 603.
2. See S. Y. Teng, An annotated bibliography of selected Chinese reference works, pp. 85-86, for extensive citation.