CBDB Local (SQLite)

Query the China Biographical Database locally — 656K+ historical Chinese figures, 7th c. BCE to 19th c. CE. No network calls after setup.

When to Use

• Use cbdb-local (this skill) for: offline access, complex queries, batch analysis, full kinship/social network traversal, raw SQL queries
• Use cbdb-api for: quick lookups when database isn't downloaded, or when disk space is limited

Setup

Download and extract the SQLite database (~556 MB uncompressed):

python3 scripts/cbdb_query.py setup