Talk:Taiping Guangji

A juan isn't necessarily a "volume". In the case of the Taiping guangji, each juan is only a few pages, so it's misleading to call it 500 "volumes". Xihe 01:23, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Juan can be volume or chapters, some juan might had a shorter length but doens't mean anything. A few pages are better than compare to a few sentence of Taodejing which divided into 81 chapters. Eiorgiomugini 02:09, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

volume: 1 a: a series of printed sheets bound typically in book form : BOOK

volume:1. a. A collection of written or printed sheets bound together; a book. b. One of the books of a work printed and bound in more than one book. c. A series of issues of a periodical, usually covering one calendar year. d. A unit of written material assembled together and cataloged in a library. 2. A roll of parchment; a scroll. Each juan is not bound in a single book Xihe 03:05, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]