One of the volumes of the "Yung Lo Ta Tien" saved from sacking of the Hanlin Yuan

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dc.contributor.authorPhotographer: Giles Familyen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2006-06-06T01:06:04Zen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-04T05:08:46Z
dc.date.available2006-06-06T01:06:04Zen_US
dc.date.available2011-01-04T05:08:46Z
dc.date.available6/06/2006en_AU
dc.date.created8/11/2002en_AU
dc.description".... the Hanlin Academy, immediately to the north of the British Legation. The Hanlin was a unique place of learning - the Chinese equivalent of Oxford and Cambridge, Harvard and Yale, Heidelberg and the Sorbonne all rolled into one. Its exquisitely painted pavilions housed one of the most ancient libraries of the world ..." Diana Preston (1999), p. 108."The following day [23rd June] the Chinese ... tried to burn the foreigners out again. However, no one had anticipated that they would set fire to the Hanlin Academy, immediately to the north of the British Legation .... the main library, containing the choicest volumes [was left] still standing. In particular it housed the only surviving copy of the fabulous Yung Lo Ta Tien encyclopedia completed in 1408 by 2000 Ming scholars and comprising about 12,000 volumes bound in yellow silk. However, the fire flared up again between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. that afternoon .... 'Evidently kerosene had been put on the trees to spread the flames ...' This time the library itself caught alight. There seemed no prospect of saving it and the contents were unceremoniously tumbled into the yard. Some were even flung into the lotus ponds to prevent them catching fire en masse ..." Diana Preston (1999), pp. 108-109.Photograph occurs in the album next to photographs of the Signing of the Protocol at Peking, 7 September 1901.en_AU
dc.formatOriginal images scanned at 72 dpi (or in individual cases slightly higher) and in .jpg formaten_AU
dc.format.extent76604 bytesen_AU
dc.format.mimetypeimage/jpegen_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/43489en_AU
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherCanberra, ACT : The Australian National Universityen_AU
dc.relation.ispartofGiles Family Albumsen_AU
dc.rights.holderThe Australian National University.
dc.rights.licenseThis image is published under a CC-BY licence.en_AU
dc.rights.uriThis image is published under a CC-BY licence. For further information please go to http://creativecommons.org.au/learn/licences/en_AU
dc.sourceMenzies Very Large Rare Book 2233396en_AU
dc.subject.otherChina--History--Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901en_AU
dc.subject.otherHan lin yuanen_AU
dc.subject.otherEncyclopedias and dictionaries, Chinese--Early works to 1800en_AU
dc.titleOne of the volumes of the "Yung Lo Ta Tien" saved from sacking of the Hanlin Yuanen_AU
dc.typeImageen_AU
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_AU
local.citation2233396 Album 2 Page 35 Photograph 3-4en_AU
local.type.statusSubmitted version

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