The Belvedere of Literary Profundity (;

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: ''šu tunggu asari''), Wenyuan Ge or Wenyuan Library is a palace building in the

Forbidden City The Forbidden City () is the Chinese Empire, imperial Chinese palace, palace complex in the center of the Imperial City, Beijing, Imperial City in Beijing, China. It was the residence of 24 Ming dynasty, Ming and Qing dynasty, Qing dynasty L ...

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. The hall was an imperial

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, and a place for learned discussion so several Grand Secretaries were assigned here. It was sited to the east of the Fengtian Gate in Nanjing, during the Hongwu era. After the Yongle Emperor made Beijing China's capital, its name continued to be used for the lobby in the east of the Cabinet Hall of the Forbidden City, which was burnt down in the late Ming period. The existing hall which is patterned on the Tianyi Ge in Ningbo was rebuilt behind the Wenhua Palace, in the reign of the

Qianlong Emperor The Qianlong Emperor (25 September 17117 February 1799), also known by his temple name Emperor Gaozong of Qing, personal name Hongli, was the fifth Emperor of China, emperor of the Qing dynasty and the fourth Qing emperor to rule over China pr ...

. Completed in 1776, it was a kind of library and stored numerous works, including a copy of the '' Complete Library of the Four Treasuries''. The Wenjin Ge in the Chengde Mountain Resort is its counterpart.

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* Buildings and structures completed in 1776 Forbidden City Libraries in Beijing Library buildings completed in the 18th century Ming dynasty architecture Qing dynasty architecture Libraries established in 1776 {{PRChina-museum-stub