Encyclopedia is a reference book that summarizes all kinds of human knowledge or a certain kind of knowledge. Encyclopedias surpass other types of reference books in scale and content. The main function of an encyclopedia is to provide people with necessary knowledge and factual information. Its completeness lies in that it contains almost all kinds of reference books, including all aspects of knowledge. Known as "a university without walls".

Encyclopedia is a collection of knowledge and an overview of all kinds of knowledge. Whether there is an excellent comprehensive encyclopedia has become one of the symbols to measure the level of scientific and cultural development of a country.

The concept of the work

Encyclopedia (also known as encyclopedia) (Romanization in eastern Fujian: Bakowzu' own ts' ju) refers to large reference books. It is arranged in the form of a dictionary, collecting professional terms and terms of various subjects, classifying items, explaining them in detail and introducing cultural and scientific knowledge more completely. There are comprehensive encyclopedias and specialized encyclopedias, such as medical encyclopedias and engineering encyclopedias.

An encyclopedia is a written summary of all or a certain kind of knowledge accumulated by human beings in the past.

Father of books

Aristotle, an ancient Greek scholar, once wrote a lecture about knowledge at that time, which was regarded as the "father of encyclopedia" by the west. Erya, written by junior middle school students in Han Dynasty, is the origin of China's encyclopedic works.

China's ancient books are an encyclopedic compilation of materials. Some scholars believe that China's Yongle Dadian in the Ming Dynasty is the earliest encyclopedia close to modern significance.