Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms, Volume 73

Only partial translations or excerpts exist. This is the first complete English translation.

The Sancai Tuhui is a massive 106-volume Ming Dynasty encyclopedia. While specific illustrations and descriptions from the work (particularly regarding science, technology, and games) have been translated and analyzed in scholarly works such as Joseph Needham's 'Science and Civilisation in China' and studies by Andrew Lo, no complete English translation of the entire work or this specific volume has ever been published. Catalog searches in Open Library and local scholarly databases confirm the absence of a standalone complete translation.

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