The East Asia Library has acquired Han’guk yoktae munjip ch’ongso (韓國歷代文集叢書), which is a reprint set of Korean prominent intellectuals and philosophers’ collected works originally written mostly in the Koryo and Choson period up to the early 20th century. This 3,000 physical volume set includes titles of 3,500 intellectuals’ collected works on philosophy, literature, civilization, intellectual history and cultural history of Korea. The titles have not been entered into Socrates yet. Here is a link to the analytical title list of the set. To access specific titles, please contact the East Asia Library.

The Si ku quan shu (Complete Collection in Four Treasuries) is a massive collection of Chinese scholarship from antiquity to the 18^th century. It was compiled under Emperor Qianlong (reign 1736-1796) in the Qing Dynasty. The collection comprises four traditional division of Chinese classical works: jing 经 (classics), shi 史 (histories), zi 子(philosophies) and ji 集 (literature). With the addition of the online Si ku quan shu to the collection, EAL now has all major Si ku series that include Chinese classical works from antiquity through 1911. The major Si ku series are:

Si ku quan shu (online and print) 文渊阁四库全书, 3,461 titles
Si ku quan shu cun mu cong shu 四库全书存目丛书,4,508 titles
Si ku quan shu cun mu cong shu bu bian 四库全书存目丛书补编, 219 titles
Si ku jin hui shu cong kan 四库禁毁书丛刊, 634 titles
Si ku jin hui shu cong kan bu bian 四库禁毁书丛刊补编, 219 titles
Si ku wei shou shu ji kan 四库未收书辑刊, 1,355 titles
Qin ding Si ku quan shu hui yao 钦定四库全书荟要, 463 titles
Xu xiu si ku quan shu 续修四库全书 5,213 titles date from the Qianlong period until 1911.