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One of the Thirteen Classics. Han Confucianism called it "Book of Rites", or simply "Li". The Han Dynasty has been ruined, and there are three copies at that time: Dai Deben, Dai Shengben, and Liu Xiangbei Record. Today's popular version is Zheng Xuan's note, Jia Gongyan's Shuzhi Liu Xiangbei record, seventeen articles. Discuss the rituals of crowns, marriages, shooting, funerals, drinking, and sacrifices. Its scriptures are also different from modern and ancient texts, 17 articles passed down by Gao Tangsheng are modern texts, and King Lu Gong obtained from Confucius's house is ancient texts, 56 articles, 17 of which are the same as today's texts, and the words are different, and 17 articles are Yili. Zheng Xuan's note refers to two ancient and modern texts. Qing ̇Pi Xirui ̇ General Theory of Scripture ̇Three Rites: The so-called rites in the Han Dynasty are the rituals of the 17 articles today, and the Han Dynasty does not have a name for the rituals, but the main scripture is called the "Book of Rites". It is also called "Rites" and "Shili".
(Source: Chinese Dictionary of the Ministry of Education)