Chinese encyclopedias

Okay kiddo, imagine you love to learn about new things and you have lots of questions about the world. A Chinese encyclopedia is like a really big book that has lots of answers to your questions.

But here's the thing: Chinese encyclopedias are different from the ones you might know about, like Wikipedia or World Book. They don't have just words and pictures on pages. Instead, they have lots of different sections or chapters, each one about a different topic.

For example, one chapter might be about animals, and it might have drawings or paintings of different animals, and also lots of information about where they live and what they eat. Another chapter might be about plants, and it could have pictures and descriptions of flowers and trees.

These chapters go in a certain order, so if you want to find information about something specific, you need to know which chapter it's in. That's because the order of the topics is very important in Chinese encyclopedias.

In fact, Chinese encyclopedias are known for their "systematic arrangement," which means that everything is organized in a very specific way. This is different from other encyclopedias, which might have information in any order.

So, in Chinese culture, there are lots of different encyclopedias that were written over thousands of years. They were very important because they helped people learn and understand more about the world around them. And even today, some people still use Chinese encyclopedias to study and learn new things.