Comprehensive Record of the Forest of Affairs (1526) - Page 15

The book Forest of Affairsoriginal: "Shilin" (事林). This refers to the Shilin Guangji, a comprehensive "everything-you-need-to-know" encyclopedia popular in the Yuan and Ming dynasties. serves as a resource for

scholars of broad learningoriginal: "bowu" (博物). In a modern context this means "natural history," but here it refers to the classical ideal of being an expert on a vast array of subjects and objects. and vast investigation.

The Way is dispersed throughout the world; there is no matter it does not encompass,

and no object it does not permeate. In terms of its records, how could any single person

ever truly exhaust them? This edition adds new material and supplements the old; compared to other

versions, it is specifically more detailed. Gentlemen who collect books,

please favor this with your inspection.

Respectfully announced by the Chunzhuang Academy original: "Chunzhuang Shuyuan" (椿莊書院). This was the private academy or printing house responsible for producing this specific edition.