Ritual Three Rituals of Luck

The Book of Rites, together with Yili and Zhou Li, is called the "Three Rites", which has had a far-reaching impact on China culture, and people of all ages have been looking for ideological resources from it. Therefore, there are many books that annotate the Book of Rites in past dynasties, and contemporary scholars have also made some new research results in this regard. The original text selected in this paper is based on Annotations to Thirteen Classics edited by Ruan Yuan in Qing Dynasty. The annotation and translation refer to various influential research results extensively, and strive to be accurate, concise and easy to understand. The selected chapters are named by the author (the original text only has titles, and each original text is longer). In principle, the first sentence of the selected text is used as the title, and the notes only indicate that they are selected from an article.

The Book of Rites was written by many people and collected all kinds of ancient books. Its content is extremely complicated and its arrangement is also very chaotic. Later generations used the method of classification to study it. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zheng Xuan divided 49 articles into eight categories: general introduction, system, sacrifice, funeral and auspicious. Liang Qichao in modern times is divided into five categories: one is the general theory of etiquette and scholarship, including Li Yun, Jing Jie, Yue Ji, Xue Ji, University, Doctrine of the Mean, Confucianism, Ji Fang, Biao Ji and Yi Yi. Explain "Yili" 17, including, faint Yi, rural drinking Yi, shooting Yi, hiring Yi, mourning and so on. There are three stories about Confucius' words and deeds or his disciples' timely chores, namely, Confucius' idle residence, Confucius' smoking utensils, Tan Gong and Wen. Four kinds of ancient institutional ceremonies were recorded and verified, including Quli, Yuzao, Wei, Yi, Jiao, Si system, Si law, Chuan, Si and Si. Fifthly, there are proverbs and famous sentences in Quli, Shao Yi and Entering the Bank. The classification and division of beams have certain reference value for us.

In the Han Dynasty, the Confucian classics were called "Classics", and the disciples interpreted "Classics" as "biography" or "recording", so the Book of Rites got its name, that is, the interpretation of "rites". By the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, the Book of Rites had 13 1. According to legend, Dade compiled eighty-five articles, which were called "Da Dai Li Ji"; Dai Sheng chose 49 of them, which is called The Rites of Little Wear. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Dai Li was not popular, so Dai Xiao was originally called the Book of Rites, together with Zhou Li and Yi Li as the "Three Rites", with Zheng Xuan as a note, and his status rose to that of Confucian classics. The contents of the book are also very extensive, such as discussing etiquette, explaining the system and promoting Confucian ideals.

Neo-Confucianism in Song Dynasty selected Daxue, The Doctrine of the Mean, The Analects of Confucius and Mencius, and called them "Four Books" as the basic reading materials of Confucianism.