Digital Heritage Publishing Limited (DHP) pioneered
the use of large-scale industrial processes and management techniques
in the digitization of Traditional Chinese manuscripts. The conversion
of the 700 million word Siku Quanshu (SKQS) into a digital format
marked a new phase in Chinese electronic publishing.
Siku Quanshu, The Complete Library in Four Branches
of Literature, is a huge collection of literary works that took
more than 300 scholars (by edict of Emperor Qianlong ), 1,000 transcribers
and 11 years to complete. Investing tens of millions, DHP created
the digital conversion in two years. In this endeavor, DHP employed
the help of over 500 technical experts, editors, world-renowned
scholars and university professors from Beijing, Shanghai, Taipei
and Hong Kong.
The use of a purpose-built search engine enables vast
amount of cultural and historical information to become instantly
accessible of this Chinese database. Scholars from renowned universities
in China, Japan, Taiwan, the US, and others around the world have
been using SKQS to conduct research on Chinese culture.
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