There are some great resources on the web that are free for all to access. Here is a list of some useful places you can go to for your study or research.
The Chinese Text Project is an online open-access digital library that makes pre-modern Chinese texts available to readers and researchers all around the world. The site attempts to make use of the digital medium to explore new ways of interacting with these texts that are not possible in print. With over thirty thousand titles and more than five billion characters, the Chinese Text Project is also the largest database of pre-modern Chinese texts in existence.
On this page, you will find digitized versions of Chinese, Japanese and Korean printings and manuscripts (dating back to the 7th – 19th century) which are held by the Bavarian State Library (BSB). You can access about 2 million single images.
A wealth of digital information of research on Chinese cultural studies and humanities. Developed by the Center for Chinese Studies (CCS) at National Central Library (NCL) in Taiwan.
You can search through two million high-definition images of historical Chinese characters. It is a vital resource to help identify calligraphic Chinese characters.
This web site is devoted to the subject of intellectual life in contemporary China, and more particularly to the writings of establishment intellectuals, translated into English. The site is run by David Ownby, Professor of History at the Université de Montréal.
Thousands of digitised items from SOAS Library, Archives and Special Collections, including books, manuscripts, paintings, maps, posters, artefacts, and other ephemera.
