"Rites" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 yí apparatus / rites / appearance / present / ceremony
 Lǐ bù Ministry of (Confucian) Rites (in imperial China)
 Lǐ jì Classic of Rites
 lǐ yuè (Confucianism) rites and music (the means of regulating society)
 bài jì to worship / to observe religious rites / to pay one's respects (to one's ancestors etc)
 Zhōu lǐ the Rites of Zhou (in Confucianism)
 lǐ fǎ etiquette / ceremonial rites
 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]
 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]
 zhǔ jì to perform the sacrificial rites at a funeral
 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]
 lǐ zhì etiquette / system of rites
 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]
 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)
 xué rán hòu zhī bù zú to learn is to know one's ignorance (the Book of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4])
 shèn zhōng zhuī yuǎn to pay careful attention to one's parents' funerary rites
 Yí lǐ Rites and Ceremonies, part of the Confucian Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4]
 zhì sàng cóng jiǎn to be frugal in attending to funeral rites (idiom)
 shāo mái to bury / funeral rites
 lǐ bēng yuè huài rites and music are in ruins (idiom) / fig. society in total disarray / cf. 禮樂|礼乐[li3 yue4]
 Lǐ jīng Classic of Rites (same as 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4])
 lǐ bù shàng shū Director of Board of Rites (Confucian)
 zhōng Fù last rites (Christian ceremony)
 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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