Nevertheless, it is generally thought that most precious Chinese books are in mainland China, with the main collections being in the Peking and Shanghai libraries, with a total of around 41,000 titles; Taiwan comes second with 14,000 in the National Central Library and National Palace Museum.
一般認為，善本書以在中國大陸最多，主要收藏在北京及上海圖書館，共約有四萬一千種；台灣居次，計有一萬四千餘種，分別珍藏在中央圖書館及故宮博物院等機構。