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三才圖會(二十四)
No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
The 'Sancai Tuhui' is a massive Ming dynasty encyclopedia (1609) by Wang Qi and Wang Siyi. While it is extensively cited and individual illustrations or short passages are frequently translated in scholarly works on Chinese history, art, and science (as seen in the search results from Shurtleff, Handler, and Brook), no evidence of a complete English translation of the work or of Volume 24 specifically was found in any of the searched catalogs. Given its immense size and encyclopedic nature, it remains untranslated in its entirety.
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This volume documents the architects of Chinese civilization through their portraits and moral choices. It forces readers to confront the cost of political loyalty and the weight of personal integrity in the face of absolute power.