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Chapter 317 Three Documents! (Seeking monthly votes!!!)

"Any new topics?" Lin Ning asked as he hung up the phone.

"Do you think you can handle the research project in the School of Humanities?" Zhou Yue rolled her eyes at him. "You should focus on mastering design first."

"I made a big promise to them that I would send all these designs over within a month."

"Although you don't need to do too much of the subsequent details, you can let the design institute design and improve them, but you still need to design the overall framework, so that you can deliver the task on time."

"I'm only sleeping eight hours a day now!" Lin Ning said with a hint of indignation. "I'm working more than ten hours a day, and I feel like I'm already working really hard!"

Zhou Yue glanced at him and then looked away.

“Indeed, for you young people, it’s important to get enough sleep and not overwork yourselves.” Zhou Yue nodded. “But these tasks can actually be completed in five hours. You’re still not skilled enough and need to get used to them.”

"Five hours? Is that even human?"

"Alright, stop joking around and get the design done first. If you don't, you're really going to get yelled at."

Zhou Yue continued to teach him design while waiting for news.

Ten days.

Director Li asked him to go there.

They said the project had already received approval.

Zhou Yue was surprised for a moment, but quickly went over.

"Director Li."

"Please sit down, Professor Zhou. Professor Zhou is not here today, but there is a meeting in a few days to discuss this matter. Some senior professors from our School of Literature, as well as some high-level officials, will be attending."

Zhou Yue nodded.

"This is the instruction from above."

"These are the materials sent from above."

Zhou Yue looked carefully at the annotation written in red pen: "A niche and unique skill should be promoted. Agreed."

There are only these eight characters.

But it's already been approved.

The subsequent materials and documents were all issued by various departments.

Those in charge of education can use this document to access the library resources within various universities.

There are those who manage local libraries and can mobilize resources within those libraries.

There is someone in charge of the museum.

After all, some precious documents are also kept in museums.

"The higher-ups are really going to get serious. Professor Zhou's suggestion is excellent. It is indeed necessary to promote these obscure and rare skills, and even set a standard for them, such as how to pronounce them and how their characters evolved. Ancient characters are very valuable. We have studied them all our lives. If we can compile them into a large dictionary, then our academic life will not have been in vain."

“Previously, some people did translate and verify ancient dictionaries, but none had the courage to compile all the ancient and modern character forms in one place.”

"This is truly the idea of ​​continuing the lost learning of the sages."

Zhou Yue nodded.

He never expected that simply proposing an idea would be taken so seriously by those above.

"Could I ask who made this approval?" Zhou Yue asked curiously.

"The leader of the ancient books collation team."

Zhou Yue paused for a moment, then showed a look of surprise.

He had heard of this ancient books group; it was a national organization that included all sorts of top scholars.

However, the team leader wasn't a scholar; he was someone from above. This person's influence was indeed enough to mobilize three departments above him simultaneously.

They belong to one of the decision-making levels at that level.

With this support, his confidence grew even stronger!

"I'll try to complete the task within three months. I'll go see Dean Chen first and try to get a look at the collections of libraries in various places."

"Only then can we do this kind of overall coordination work."

In other words, he first had to read through those obscure ancient books to determine which ones were useful and which ones were not.

“Actually, some overseas libraries also have some rare and ancient books. If Professor Zhou has time, he can go and take a look.” Director Li smiled. “However, we probably don’t have that time. Since Professor Zhou is going to produce so many things, we may have to rush within three months. We can only use up the materials we have on hand first, and then go to various libraries to look for rare books that we can use.”

“Sure.” Zhou Yue nodded. “I’ll definitely go see them when I have time.”

“Overseas libraries don’t have any documents, and it’s impossible for them to issue a notice.”

"Basically, we rely on our own connections to look at these rare overseas books. In fact, Dean Chen of your Ningbo University is extremely skilled in this area, and he knows a great deal about some of the good rare books."

“I know about this, so I plan to ask Dean Chen to help me look into some things.”

After all, Dean Chen had previously worked on the collation of ancient books, which can be broadly divided into three categories: catalogs, versions, and collation.

The purpose of cataloging is to classify ancient books that have been passed down from ancient times to the present.

A good cataloguer doesn't need to read every book, but should know which libraries, museums, or even private collectors hold different versions of the book.

Dean Chen is that kind of person, and he also has an extremely wide network of connections.

Those who can become deans of colleges almost all have their own unique skills.

Moreover, Dean Chen is also one of the top catalogers in China.

These are all normal things.

Dean Chen had previously spent a considerable amount of time exchanging ideas at Peking University, where he completed some of the most prestigious ancient book collation projects in China.

so.

Having an elder in the family is like having a treasure.

That's absolutely right.

In any case, he was going to read all of those versions.

Which one is better, or which word has a particularly good or outstanding feature, should all be recorded.

It would be great if we could borrow them, but there's really no need to borrow books from the library.

These ancient books are all under special protection and are considered national treasures.

Therefore, we must be extremely cautious.

This is also a huge project.

Zhou Yue plans to finish reading the materials within a month.

It's nothing more than reading two books a day.

It's perfectly sufficient to simply look for something.

He already has enough knowledge in his mind to compile a large dictionary, so he could easily complete this project by himself, but nowadays, more people means more power.

More than a thousand characters, and this is only the ancient script that has been passed down.

As for whether to initiate other projects in the future, we'll see then; let's finish this one first.

(End of this chapter)