福利! 五家圖書館在線發佈萬餘部古籍資源!

Gone are the days when you had to make a trip to the local library to borrow and then return a book.

必須去當地的圖書館借閱歸還書籍的日子一去不復返了。

A joint effort made by five libraries in China have uploaded a large bunch of ancient books onto the internet. Now by clicking a mouse, you can read as much as 24,000 time-honored books of various categories.

中國五家圖書館共同努力，將大量的古籍上傳到互聯網上。現在你只需點點鼠標，就可以閱讀多達24000本歷史悠久的各類書籍。

The National Library of China, Shanghai Library, Tianjin Library, Zhejiang Library and Yunnan Library unveiled their latest batch of ancient books available on their websites.

中國國家圖書館，上海圖書館，天津圖書館，浙江圖書館和雲南圖書館近日在其網站上公佈了最新一批古書。

Their move offers readers greater access to treasured historical books - and further immortalizes these written relics by exposing them to a greater audience.

這些圖書館的這一舉動爲讀者提供了更珍貴的歷史書籍，並向更多的讀者展示這些不朽的文物。

"The latest addition is more than 10 thousand ancient books. There are now altogether up to 24 thousand available on line, if you count last September's release. This total volume adds up to more than six times of what is in 'Four Branches of Literature'," said Zhang Zhiqing, deputy curator of National Library of China.

中國國家圖書館副館長張志清表示：“最新我們增加了10000多本古籍，加上去年九月份發佈的，現在總的數量已經達到了24000本，比四庫全書的六倍還要多。”

Among the online books, about 17 thousand are from the National Digital Library of China, which accounts for 60 percent of the ancient books housed in the National Library.

在這24000本珍貴古籍中，國家圖書館所佔比重最大，約佔國家圖書館所藏善本古籍總數的60%。

Shanghai Library has provided on its website over 6,000 genealogy books. Tianjin Library put roughly 1,000 block-printed books online that date back to the Ming and Qing dynasties.

上海圖書館在其網站上提供了6000多部家譜。天津圖書館發佈了1000多本以明清刻本爲主的古籍。

Zhejiang Library selected 25 valuable books from its ancient collection for release on its website. And finally Yunnan Library has uploaded 157 pieces of historical literature into its digital database.

浙江圖書館發佈的25本古籍全部是入選國家古籍名錄的珍藏。而云南圖書館則將157本歷史文獻上傳到其數字數據庫。