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The Sacred Books of the East

The Lî Kî, Books I–X — Sacred Books of China Part III, SBE Vol. 27 (trans. James Legge, 1885)

Open to allEdited by F. Max Müller; translated by Müller, Legge, Bühler, West, Darmesteter, Palmer, Telang, Thibaut, Jolly, Rhys Davids, Oldenberg, Jacobi, Bloomfield and others359 segments · 121 pp

The text is shown on its own: no facing layer is held for this issue.

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The translator’s English as printed (James Legge). The original-language text is not held; names are romanised as the translator printed them.

Hsiang YinKidf .. 56
43 Sheff. . 56
44. Yeni 57
45. Phing f . 58
46. Sang. FQ Sze Kih 59

BOOK

I. Kat Li or Summary oF THE RULES OF PROPRIETY.

Section I.

Part I. 61 » Il. 67 » Il. 73 » IV. 83 » V. go

BOOK

II,

II.

IV.

CONTENTS.

Part I. » I. » Il.

THE Tuan Kune.

Part I. » Cl. » Ill.

Part I. » Il. » HI.

Appendix to Book II

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SEcTION II.

SECTION I,

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SECTION II,

Plates I-VI after page 208.

Tue Royat REGULATIONS.

Section I » STI » Ill » IV ” Vv

YUEH LING oR PROCEEDINGS OF GOVERNMENT IN THE

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DIFFERENT MONTHS.

Part I. » H. »y Ul.

Part J. » U. » Il.

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Section I.

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SECTION II.

Supplementary Section .

Part I. » CI. » Il.

Part I. » Il. » *U.

SEcTion IIL.

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SEcTION IV.

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x CONTENTS.

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V. THE QUESTIONS OF 3ANG-3ZE.
Section I . . . . .
» Uo. .

. . . + + Sir . . . . - 328

VI. WAN WaxG SHIH-jZE OR Kinc WAN as SON AND HEIR.
Section I . . . . . . . . + 343
» SII . . . . . . . . . * 353

VII. THe Li Yun oR CEREMONIAL USAGES ;—THEIR ORIGIN,
DEVELOPMENT, AND INTENTION,

Section I. . . . . . . . . - 364 » I. . . . . . . . . - 372 » Il. . . . . : . . . - 380

» IV. . . . . . . . . - 385

VIII. THE Lt Kat or RITES IN THE FORMATION OF CHARACTER.
Section I . . oe 7 . . 8 394
» I, . . . . . . . « 404

IX. THe KiAo THEH SANG OR THE SINGLE VICTIM AT THE
BoRDER SACRIFICES.

Section I . . . . . : . . . - 416 » I . . . . . . . . - 426 » III . . . . . . . . - 437 X. THE N£1l 3EH OR THE PATTERN OF THE FAMILY. Section I. . . . . . . . . - 449 » I. . . . . . . . . - 464

Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East . . . . 481

PREFACE.

I May be permitted to express my satisfaction that, with the two volumes of the Li Ai now published, I have done, so far as translation is concerned, all and more than all which I undertook to do on the Chinese Classics more than twenty-five years ago. When the first volume was published in 1861, my friend, the late Stanislas Julien, wrote to me, asking if I had duly considered the voluminousness of the Li Xi, and expressing his doubts whether I should be able to complete my undertaking. Having begun the task, however, I have pursued it to the end, working on with some unavoidable interruptions, and amidst not a few other engagements.

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