北宋四大部书

Four great compilations of Northern Song dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping era (978) 太平廣記|太平广记, Imperial readings of the Taiping era 太平御覽|太平御览, Prime tortoise of the record bureau 冊府元龜|册府元龟, Finest blossoms in the garden of literature 文苑英華|文苑英华

north / (classical) to be defeated

the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)

surname Song / the Song dynasty (960-1279) / also Song of the Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479)

four / 4

the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism) / the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放[da4 ming2 da4 fang4], 大辯論|大辩论[da4 bian4 lun4], 大字報|大字报[da4 zi4 bao4] (PRC)

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

most of / the majority of sth

ministry / department / section / part / division / troops / board / classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc

abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]

book / letter / document / CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4] / to write