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Book of Rites

The Book of Rites, also known as the Liji (禮記), is a collection of texts that describe the social forms, administrative structures, and ceremonial rites of the Zhou dynasty, as interpreted during the Warring States period and the early Han dynasty. Together with the Rites of Zhou (Zhōulǐ, 周禮) and the Book of Etiquette and Rites (Yílǐ, 儀禮), it forms part…

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Baxter–Sagart (2014)
*Rˤijʔ krə-s
Hangul
예기
Hanja
禮記
Hanyu Pinyin
Lǐjì · Lǐjīng
Hiragana
らいき
Hokkien POJ
Lé-kì · Lé-keng

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Li

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Nodes46
Edges45
Triples217
Avg. degree1.96
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related to Bibliography · 85
Book of Rites → An, Bary, Beijing, Benjamin, Bibliographical Guide, Book, Buckley Ebrey, Buton Watson, Centering, Charles Scribner's Sons, Chinese Tradition, Chinese Way, Chʻu Chai, Classical Learning, Columbia University Press, Confucian, Confucianism, Confucius, Creel, Dao Companion
related to history · 27
Book of Rites → BCE, Book, Books, Burning, Ceremonial, Classic, Confucian, Confucius, During, Etiquette, Former Han, Han, However, Lüshi Chunqiu, Music, Only, Portions, Qin, Qin Shi Huang, Record
related to Legacy · 20
Book of Rites → Analects, Book, Chinese, Confucian, Confucius, Doctrine, During, Four Books, Great Learning, Mean, Mencius, Neo-Confucian, Rites, Several, Song, These, Together, Zhu Xi, Zhu Xi's, Zisi
related to Legitimacy · 16
Book of Rites → As, BCE, Black Robes, Book, China, Doubting, Guodian, Han, Hubei, In, Jingmen, Liji, Rites, That, Tomb, Warring States
related to Comparisons · 14
Book of Rites → Book, Confucian, Confucianism, Confucius, Daodejing, Daoism, Elements, Great Community, Han Feizi, Legalism, Li Ji, Liao, Rites, The
related to External links · 10
Book of Rites → Chinese, Chinese Literature, Chinese Text ProjectConfucian Documents, English, James Legge's, July, Liji, Rites, The Book, Ulrich Theobald
related to Li · 7
Book of Rites → As, Book, Confucius, Over, Rites, While, Zhou
Transcriptions · 4
Book of Rites → TranscriptionsRevised RomanizationYegi, TranscriptionsRomanizationRaiki, TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinLǐjìWade–GilesLi3-chi4IPA[lì tɕî]Yue: CantoneseYale RomanizationLáih-geiJyutpingLai5 gei3IPA[lɐj˩˧ kej˧]Southern MinHokkien POJLé-kì…, TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinLǐjīngWade–GilesLi3-ching1Yue: CantoneseYale Romanizationláih gīngJyutpinglai5 ging1Southern MinHokkien POJLé-kengTâi-lôLé-king
Hanyu Pinyin · 2
Book of Rites → Lǐjì, Lǐjīng
Hokkien POJ · 2
Book of Rites → Lé-keng, Lé-kì

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book rites confucius li texts confucian han isbn ritual dynasty chinese books text works zhou classics known ceremonial period also

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Book of RitesBaxter–Sagart (2014)*Rˤijʔ krə-s1.00infobox
Book of RitesHangul예기1.00infobox
Book of RitesHanja禮記1.00infobox
Book of RitesHanyu PinyinLǐjì1.00infobox
Book of RitesHanyu PinyinLǐjīng1.00infobox
Book of RitesHiraganaらいき1.00infobox
Book of RitesHokkien POJLé-kì1.00infobox
Book of RitesHokkien POJLé-keng1.00infobox
Book of RitesHán-Nôm經禮1.00infobox
Book of RitesIPA[lì tɕî]1.00infobox
Book of RitesIPA[lɐj˩˧ kej˧]1.00infobox
Book of RitesJyutpingLai5 gei31.00infobox
Book of RitesJyutpinglai5 ging11.00infobox
Book of RitesKanji礼記1.00infobox
Book of RitesLiteral meaning"Record of Rites"1.00infobox
Book of RitesLiteral meaningRites Classic1.00infobox
Book of RitesMiddle ChineseLéj-kì1.00infobox
Book of RitesRevised RomanizationYegi1.00infobox
Book of RitesRomanizationRaiki1.00infobox
Book of RitesSimplified Chinese礼记1.00infobox
Book of RitesSimplified Chinese礼经1.00infobox
Book of RitesTraditional Chinese禮記1.00infobox
Book of RitesTraditional Chinese禮經1.00infobox
Book of RitesTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinLǐjìWade–GilesLi3-chi4IPA[lì tɕî]Yue: CantoneseYale RomanizationLáih-geiJyutpingLai5 gei3IPA[lɐj˩˧ kej˧]Southern MinHokkien POJLé-kì…1.00infobox
Book of RitesTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinLǐjīngWade–GilesLi3-ching1Yue: CantoneseYale Romanizationláih gīngJyutpinglai5 ging1Southern MinHokkien POJLé-kengTâi-lôLé-king1.00infobox
Book of RitesTranscriptionsTranscriptionsRevised RomanizationYegi1.00infobox
Book of RitesTranscriptionsTranscriptionsRomanizationRaiki1.00infobox
Book of RitesTâi-lôLé-king1.00infobox
Book of RitesVietnameseKinh Lễ1.00infobox
Book of RitesWade–GilesLi3-chi41.00infobox

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