KR Kanseki Repository

Overview of the Kanseki Repository Knowledgebase.

  • KR1 經部 Jīng bù — Classics. Confucian classics, ritual, music, philology, and their commentarial traditions. 816 texts.
  • KR2 史部 Shǐ bù — Histories. Dynastic history, chronology, geography, offices, statecraft, biography, bibliography, and historical criticism. 789 texts.
  • KR3 子部 Zǐ bù — Masters. Philosophical masters, medicine, astronomy, mathematics, arts, mantic arts, encyclopedias, and miscellanies. 2485 texts.
  • KR4 集部 Jí bù — Collected Works. Literary collections, anthologies, criticism, lyric forms, and narrative or extra-historical writings. 1812 texts.
  • KR5 道藏 Dàozàng — Daoist Canon. Daoist scriptures, ritual manuals, alchemical works, revelations, hagiography, and canonical supplements. 1674 texts.
  • KR6 佛藏 Fózàng — Buddhist Canon. Buddhist sūtras, vinaya, śāstras, school writings, histories, reference works, and extra-canonical texts. 4732 texts.

Total: 12308 texts in 6 divisions.