You can download the latest SQLite release of the China Biographical Database at the following page.
Check latest.json for the current release date, filename, SHA-256 checksum, and direct download URL.
The raw database export does not include convenience views or the denormalised ADDRESSES table.
Use the scripts in scripts/ to add them, or run the one-click Colab notebook:
| What you want | How to get it |
|---|---|
| Everything in one click |  |
| Foreign key constraints | python scripts/add_foreign_keys.py --db latest.db |
| 18 convenience views | bash scripts/create_views.sh latest.db |
ADDRESSES hierarchy table |
python scripts/create_addresses_table.py --db latest.db |
See scripts/README.md for full documentation.
- The ZZZ releases are now deprecated in favor of views. Use
create_views.shto create views in the SQLite file.
For historical SQLite databases:
The released database file in GitHub repository is no longer updated.
- latest_ZZZ_tables.7z - The latest SQLite version of the CBDB that includes de-normalized tables.
The CBDB data is subject to the CBDB Data Licensing Terms (the same terms declared on the Hugging Face dataset). The scripts in this repository are licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. See LICENSE.md for details.