The archives of the Grand Secretariat

There are over four thousand Ming(1368-1644) documents and
more than three hundred thousand volumes of Ch’ing(1644-
1911) archival materials in this collection, including
imperial decrees, edicts, memorials, tribute document,
examination questions, examination papers, rosters of
successful examination candidates, documents from the
offices of the Grand Secretariat, documents from the offices
for book compilation, and old documents from Mukden.
Memorials make up the bulk these documents.