Alternate Title
Category
Classical Texts
Institution
Library of Congress
Access
open access
URL
https://www.loc.gov/collections/chinese-rare-books/
Description
The Chinese Rare Book Digital Collection at the Library of Congress makes available approximately 2,000 digitized titles drawn from the 5,300 Chinese rare books held by the Library’s Asian Division. Holdings span the 11th through 20th centuries and include Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasty block-print editions, manuscripts, Buddhist sutras, works with hand-painted illustrations, local gazetteers, and ancient maps. Among the most notable items are texts dating to the 11th or 12th century that are unique surviving copies not held by any other major library in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, or Japan. Materials are freely searchable and accessible through the Library of Congress Digital Collections interface.
Source List
ACLS Open Database Resource Guide
Tags
Late Imperial (1368–1912) Buddhism Local history Full-text Middle Period (220–1368) Art and Architecture
Last Modified
5/17/2026 12:20am