Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 34)
三才圖會(三十四)
First Complete Translation
Only partial translations or excerpts exist. This is the first complete English translation.
The 'Sancai Tuhui' is a massive 106-chapter Ming dynasty encyclopedia. While no complete English translation of the entire work or this specific volume (Juan 34) exists, numerous academic works found in search results (such as those by Schottenhammer and Qiong Zhang) translate and analyze specific sections, particularly those related to geography, foreign peoples, and science. Joseph Needham's 'Science and Civilisation in China' is also known to contain extensive translated excerpts, though it did not appear as a primary translation record in the catalogs.
Related translations found:
The Perception of Maritime Space in Traditional Chinese Sources, trans. Angela Schottenhammer; Roderich Ptak (Eds.) (2006) [excerpts] source
Making the New World Their Own: Chinese Encounters with Jesuit Science in the Age of Discovery, trans. Qiong Zhang (2015) [excerpts] source
Verified Mar 8, 2026 via local catalogs, open library, google books · methodology
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Step into the Ming Dynasty’s ultimate 'Book of Wonders,' where rigorous historical geography meets the farthest reaches of mythological lore. Discover a world where Tibetan kings and Sicilian volcanoes coexist with feathered humans, three-headed giants, and deities who control the cycles of time itself.
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