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    and the early Han periods. The Book of Rites, along with the Rites of Zhou (Zhōulǐ) and the Book of Etiquette and Rites (Yílǐ), which are together known...
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  • Chinese classics (category Series of Chinese books)
    from the 6th century BC. It includes examples of early Chinese prose. Book of Rites Describes ancient rites, social forms and court ceremonies. The version...
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    terminally ill, or awaiting execution. Last rites cannot be performed on someone who has already died. Last rites, in sacramental Christianity, can refer...
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  • it from a chapter in the Book of History by the same name. To replace a lost work, it was included along with the Book of Rites and the Etiquette and Ceremonial...
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    his father, typically at the hands of King Zhou of Shang, the last king of the Shang dynasty; in the Book of Rites, however, it is assumed that his inheritance...
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    from the 6th century BC. It includes examples of early Chinese prose. Book of Rites Describes ancient rites, social forms and court ceremonies. The version...
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    East Asian cultural sphere. They are mentioned in the Chinese classic Book of Rites and includes the Dragon (龍) in the East, the Qilin (麟) in the West,...
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  • the Rites of Zhou, and the Book of Rites. The name was coined by Zheng Xuan in the Eastern Han. In the early years of the Western Han "Book of Rites" was...
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  • also referred to as "The Five Rites", "The Five Tibetans" and "The Five Rites of Rejuvenation". Kelder described the rites as having the potential to restore...
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    (annotator) & Kong Yingda (clarifier), Book of Rites: Annotated and Clarified, "Vol 3. Qu Li 1". Siku Quanshu version. p. 27 of 158. quote: "前南後北,左東右西。朱鳥、玄武、青龍、白虎,四方宿名也。"...
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  • of Emperor Gao of Han, to circumvent naming taboo. According to James Legge's translation of the Book of Rites it shares a story with the Lost Book of...
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    its restoration invoking Mencius's frequent praise of the system. It is mentioned in the book of rites and it is said most anciently that the farmers only...
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  • Autumn period. The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial, along with the Rites of Zhou and the Book of Rites, formed the "Three Rites" which guided traditional...
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    Historian. Sima, Qian. The Grand Historian. Confucius. Book of Rites. Confucius. Book of Rites. "Coming of Age Ceremony in Chinese Culture". Archived from the...
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  • book into five sections. This included the Great Learning, the Doctrine of the Mean, the Evolution of Rites, the Yili, and the "Etiquette and Rites"...
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  • rituals prescribed by the Book of Rites, the Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial and the Bai Hu Tong condensed into a series of rituals now known as the 三書六禮...
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  • lodge degrees. Some rites incorporate these degrees directly, while others require them as prerequisites. The diversity of rites reflects the rich historical...
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    Courtesy name (category Culture of Japan)
    Theobald. Names of Persons and Titles of Rulers "Qū lǐ shàng" 曲禮上 [Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1]. Lǐjì 禮記 [Book of Rites]. Line 44. A son...
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    Kaicheng Stone Classics (category Series of Chinese books)
    part of the Book of Rites) Ceremonies and Rites (儀禮 Yílǐ, originally part of the Book of Rites) Book of Rites (禮記 Lǐjì) The Commentary of Zuo (左傳 Zuǒzhuàn)...
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    Cambridge History of Ancient China. Book of Rites, Tan Gong I, 1. Accessed 4 Nov 2012. Edward L. Shaughnessy in Cambridge History of Ancient China, page...
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    Horatio Hale (category Linguists of indigenous languages of North America)
    east and south of the Great Lakes, in present-day New York and Pennsylvania. In addition, he published a work, Iroquois Book of Rites (1883), based on...
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  • communion, and last rites Samskara (rite of passage), rites of passage in Indic religions and cultures RITE Method, game usability criteria Rite (album), a 1993...
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    Menshen (redirect from Gods of Gate)
    and doors of Chinese houses have long received special ritual attention. Sacrifices to a door spirit are recorded as early as the Book of Rites. By the...
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  • poll of film critics ranked the film at number 54 of the 100 Greatest Non-English Language Films. The title is a quote from the Book of Rites, one of the...
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    Les rites de passage, The Rites of Passage. The term is now fully adopted into anthropology as well as into the literature and popular cultures of many...
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    Nanman (category Ancient peoples of China)
    (see Proto-Hmong–Mien language). The Man were described in the Book of Rites as one of the Four Barbarians associated with the south. They tattooed their...
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    Latin liturgical rites, or Western liturgical rites, is a large family of liturgical rites and uses of public worship employed by the Latin Church, the...
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  • marriage is of important significance both in the family and in society. The Confucian classic Book of Rites described marriage as "the union of two surnames...
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  • recorded in the Book of Jin. Three uncommon variant names for the concave fire-starting mirror are fúsuì (夫遂; with 夫 "that") used in the Rites of Zhou, jīnsuì...
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    name of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer is The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according...
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