Sancai Tuhui

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Sancai Tuhui
The world map Shanhai Yudi Quantu in Sancai Tuhui
Traditional Chinese	三才圖會
Simplified Chinese	三才图会
Literal meaning	collection of illustrations of the three realms
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Sāncái Túhuì Wade–Giles San1-tsai2 Tu2-hui4 IPA [sán.tsʰǎɪ tʰǔ.xwêɪ] Yue: Cantonese Jyutping saam1 coi4 tou4 wui6

Sancai Tuhui (Chinese: 三才圖會, san-TS'EYE TOO-khwey), compiled by Wang Qi (Chinese: 王圻) and his son Wang Siyi (王思義), is a Chinese leishu encyclopedia, completed in 1607 and published in 1609 during the late Ming dynasty, featuring illustrations of subjects in the three worlds of heaven, earth, and humanity. The work contains a large number of posthumous and contemporary depictions of Chinese emperors.