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(Draft #2) Background: Yongle Encyclopedia
Although known for his military achievements, the Yongle Emperor, was also an intellectual who enjoyed reading.[1] His love for research, led him to develop the idea of categorizing works into a reference encyclopedia.[2] Instrumental to this undertaking was Empreror Yongle’s own transformation of the Hanlin Academy.[2] Prior to his reign, the Hanlin Academy was responsible for various clerical tasks, such as drafting proclamations and edicts.[2] Emperor Yongle, decided to elevated the status of the Hanlin Academy, and began selecting only the highest ranking recruits for the academy.[1] Clerical duties were relegated to the Imperial officers, and The Hanlin Academy, now full of elite scholars, began taking up literary projects for the Emperor.
- ^ a b Christos, Lauren. "The Yongle Dadian: The Origin, Destruction, Dispersal and Reclamation of a Chinese Cultural Treasure." Journal of Library and Information Science 36, no. 1 (April 2010): 85. http://140.122.104.2/ojs/index.php/jlis/article/view/538.
- ^ a b c Jianying, Huo. "Emperor Yongle." China Today, April 2004, 58.