"Rites" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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仪 yí apparatus / rites / appearance / present / ceremony
礼部 Lǐ bù Ministry of (Confucian) Rites (in imperial China)
礼记 Lǐ jì Classic of Rites
礼乐 lǐ yuè (Confucianism) rites and music (the means of regulating society)
拜祭 bài jì to worship / to observe religious rites / to pay one's respects (to one's ancestors etc)
周礼 Zhōu lǐ the Rites of Zhou (in Confucianism)
礼法 lǐ fǎ etiquette / ceremonial rites
五经 Wǔ jīng the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], the Book of History 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1], the Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], and the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1]
六经 Liù jīng Six Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], Book of History 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], Book of Rites 儀禮|仪礼[Yi2 li3], the lost Book of Music 樂經|乐经[Yue4 jing1], Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1]
主祭 zhǔ jì to perform the sacrificial rites at a funeral
六艺 Liù Yì the Confucian Six Arts, namely: rites or etiquette 禮|礼[li3] (禮儀|礼仪[li3 yi2]), music 樂|乐[yue3] (音樂|音乐[yin1 yue4]), archery 射[she4] (射箭[she4 jian4]), charioteering 御[yu4] (駕車|驾车[jia4 che1]), calligraphy or literacy 書|书[shu1] (識字|识字[shi2 zi4]), mathematics or reckoning 數|数[shu4] (計算|计算[ji4 suan4]) / another name for the Six Classics 六經|六经[Liu4 jing1]
礼制 lǐ zhì etiquette / system of rites
十三经 Shí sān jīng the Thirteen Confucian Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], Book of History 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], Rites of Zhou 周禮|周礼[Zhou1 li3], Rites and Ceremonies 儀禮|仪礼[Yi2 li3], Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], Mr Zuo's Annals 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4], Mr Gongyang's Annals 公羊傳|公羊传[Gong1 yang2 Zhuan4], Mr Guliang's Annals 穀梁傳|谷梁传[Gu3 liang2 Zhuan4], The Analects 論語|论语[Lun2 yu3], Erya 爾雅|尔雅[Er3 ya3], Classic of Filial Piety 孝經|孝经[Xiao4 jing1], Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3]
克己复礼 kè jǐ fù lǐ restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects) / to subdue self and observe proprieties / (any number of possible translations)
学然后知不足 xué rán hòu zhī bù zú to learn is to know one's ignorance (the Book of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4])
慎终追远 shèn zhōng zhuī yuǎn to pay careful attention to one's parents' funerary rites
仪礼 Yí lǐ Rites and Ceremonies, part of the Confucian Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4]
治丧从俭 zhì sàng cóng jiǎn to be frugal in attending to funeral rites (idiom)
烧埋 shāo mái to bury / funeral rites
礼崩乐坏 lǐ bēng yuè huài rites and music are in ruins (idiom) / fig. society in total disarray / cf. 禮樂|礼乐[li3 yue4]
礼经 Lǐ jīng Classic of Rites (same as 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4])
礼部尚书 lǐ bù shàng shū Director of Board of Rites (Confucian)
终傅 zhōng Fù last rites (Christian ceremony)
诗礼 Shī Lǐ the Book of Songs 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1] and Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4] / a cultured well-read person
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