China Studies: Classical Texts

The database consists of two invaluable oracle bones collections of 44 pieces from the United College/CUHK Library and another 27 from the Art Museum.

Archive of Han Wei Six Dynasty period stone inscription images based on Professor Mao Yuanming's （毛远明） work.

Provides facsimile images of over 7,000 bronze and stone inscriptions from the collection of Taiwan's National Central Library. Part of the NCL's 古籍與特藏文獻資源 [Rare Books and Special Collections Resources] database.

An online open-access digital library of premodern Chinese texts.

The Chinese University of Hong Kong Library (CUHK Library) collects about 1,100 titles of Chinese rare books and over 6,000 titles of Chinese semi-rare books.

Selected premodern rare editions from the collection of the National Taiwan Normal University Library 國立臺灣師範大學圖書館.

Selected premodern Chinese text editions from several international collections, including 382 titles (3483 volumes) from the University of Washington. UW Libraries and Taiwan's National Central Library completed digitization of these in 2012. Also provides detailed bibliographic records of additional works, including 286 from UW. Part of the NCL's 古籍與特藏文獻資源 [Rare Books and Special Collections Resources] database.

Includes 4,200 titles (53,000 stitch-bound volumes) of the Harvard-Yenching Library's Chinese Rare Book Collection.

Copyright-free books and other materials, among which are pre-1912 editions of Chinese works, including those from UW.

Premodern editions of Chinese fiction and drama works, from the collection of Tokyo University's Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia.

Almost four thousand Chinese rare books held by Tokyo University's Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia.

A collection of 3830 chapters of Buddhist, Daoist and medical writings, with full-text search and tools for textual analysis. The medical literature includes manuscripts from Mawangdui 馬王堆, Shuihudi 睡虎地, Wuwei 武威, and Zhoujiatai 周家臺. Created by Michael Stanley-Baker.

The Chinese University of Hong Kong Library maintains a precious collection of more than twenty Daoist texts from the Qing Dynasty.

A database devoted to the study of Buddhist texts and literary corpora in Pāli, Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Chinese, with particular emphasis on evolution of scriptures, formation of canons, and intellectual networks. Includes analytical tools as well as searchable full texts.

Searchable database of the Taishō Buddhist Canon and other supplementary Buddhist text collections. Includes reference tools. Available for online use or desktop download.

Full text of the 85 volumes of the Taishō Buddhist Canon (Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō 大正新脩大藏經, 1924-1932)

Searchable Mu Yu Shu digital archive. Provided by HKU Fung Ping Shan Library.

CUHK Libraries' over 1000 scrolls of ancient Chinese Medicine readings.

Writings by women in late imperial China (1368-1912), providing full facsimiles of collections published in the Ming (1368-1644), Qing (1644-1912) and Republican (1912-1949) periods.

A collection of texts by and about women writers from Imperial China, hosted by Washington University in St. Louis.

Indexes and in provides downloadable digital facsimiles of the medieval texts, images, and artifacts discovered in Dunhuang in the early twentieth century.

Contains selections of premodern and modern poetry, theory, and criticism.

Open-access journal of translations of important premodern Chinese works.

Union catalog of the Chinese rare book collections of 27 Chinese and 3 North American academic libraries (including the University of Washington's Tateuchi East Asia Library).

Basic bibliographic metadata on premodern rare book editions held in Chinese libraries. Compiled by the China National Centre for the Preservation and Conservation of Ancient Books 国家古籍保护中心, National Library of China 中国国家图书馆.

Shanghai Library hosted union catalog of pre-1912 editions held by PRC libraries.

National Central Library Union Catalog of Rare Books of premodern Chinese book collections in Taiwan, mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Japan, Korea, North America, Europe, and Australia.

Catalog of pre-1912 editions held by the Shanghai Library.

National Database of Chinese Texts. Holdings of Chinese Premodern Texts Union catalog of premodern Chinese texts in Japanese libraries.