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2Google Book Search helps readers discover the world’s books while helping authors and publishers reach new audiences. You can search through the full text of this book on the web at http: //books.google.com/ Jndian Institute, Bxford. CN FY THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST [27] a Tondon HENRY FROWDE Oxrorp UNIVERSITY PRESS WAREHOUSE Amen Corner, E.C. — THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST TRANSLATED BY VARIOUS ORIENTAL SCHOLARS AND EDITED BY F. MAX MULLER VOL. XXVII @rford AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 1885 ( 44 rights reserved | THE SACRED BOOKS OF CHINA THE TEXTS OF CONFUCIANISM TRANSLATED BY JAMES LEGGE PART III THE Lt Kt, I—x @rford AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 1885 (AM rights reserved } y INS 7 by SUE = a m 6} CXFOR? CONTENTS. PREFACE. . 2. 2.0 1 1 4s ets INTRODUCTION. CHAP. I. THREE DIFFERENT L! KING, oR RITUAL. BOOKS, aCKNOW- LEDGED IN CHINA. THE RECOVERY OF THE FIRST TWO, AND FORMATION OF THE THIRD, UNDER THE HAN Dynasty. soe er How Confucius spoke of the Lit. How Mencius spoke of them. Now there are three Li King or three Rituals. State of the Li books at the rise of the Han dynasty. Work of the emperors of Han in recovering the ancient books. i. Recovery of the f Li. ii. King Hsien of Ho-sien, and his recovery of the Kau Li. iii. Formation of the Lf Xi. Council of 8.c. 51. Condition in 8B.c. 26. Hau Shang and the two Tais. M4 Yung and Kang Hstian. hai Yung and his manuscuipt. Li of the Greater T4i. II. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CHINESE CHARACTER CALLED LI. MEANING OF THE TITLE Lf Kt. VALUE OF TRE WorRK . Li is a symbol of religious import, and a symbol for the feeling of propriety. Translation of the title. The value of the Li Ki. The Lf Ki as one of the five King. III, BrigF NOTICES OF THE DIFFERENT BOOKS WHICH MAKE UP THE COLLECTION . . . . . . BOOK . 2. Than Kung. : . . . 3. Wang Kih . . . . 4. Yiieh Ling. : . oo 5. Sang-3ze Win . . 6. Wan Wang Shih-jze . g. Li Yun . . . 8. Lt Kai. . g. Kiaéo Theh Sing 7 . + to. N@i 3eh . a 15 35 17 18 20 21 22 23 25 viil CONTENTS. BOOK PAGE 11. Yii 340 . 27 12, Ming Thang Wei . . : : . 28 13. Sang FG Hsifo KI. . . eee 30 14. Ta Kwan . . 30 15. Shaof . 31 16. Hsio KI 2 wwe 32 17, YoKi. . . - . 32 18. 34Ki 0. 0. Uwe 34 1g. Sang TA Ki... . . 34 20. KiFa . . 35 a1. Kif . 36 22, Ki Thung . 37 23. King Kieh 7 38 24. Ai Kung Wan. 39 25. Kung-ni Yen Ki 40 26. Khung-3ze Hsien Kit . 41 27. Fang Ki . . . . 41 28. Kung Yung. . - : 42 29. Pidéo Kt . . . . . 44 jo. 3zef 2. wl, 45 31. Pain Sang . 46 32. Wan Sang . . . 47 33. FQ Ware . . . 2 48 34- Kien Kwan... 48 35. San Nien Wan 49 36. Shinf 50 37. Thau HO. 50 38. Zi Hsing. . . . 51 39. TaHsio. . . . oe . 53 40. Kwan f 54 4. Hwinf 2... 55 42. 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.
3Hsiang 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 . SEcTION II. SECTION I, . 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 . DIFFERENT MONTHS. Part I. » H. »y Ul. Part J. » U. » Il. . Section I. . . . SECTION II. Supplementary Section . Part I. » CI. » Il. Part I. » Il. » *U. SEcTion IIL. . . . SEcTION IV. PAGE 99 109 lig 120 132 147 161 173 187 202 209 212 222 230 240 249 257 262 268 272 276 280 | 283 286 291 296 301 x CONTENTS. BOOK PAGE 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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Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1Google This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for generations on library shelves before it was carefully scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world’s books discoverable online. It has survived long enough for the copyright to expire and the book to enter the public domain. A public domain book is one that was never subject to copyright or whose legal copyright term has expired. Whether a book is in the public domain may vary country to country. Public domain books are our gateways to the past, representing a wealth of history, culture and knowledge that’s often difficult to discover. Marks, notations and other marginalia present in the original volume will appear in this file - a reminder of this book’s long journey from the publisher to a library and finally to you. Usage guidelines Google is proud to partner with libraries to digitize public domain materials and make them widely accessible. Public domain books belong to the public and we are merely their custodians. Nevertheless, this work is expensive, so in order to keep providing this resource, we have taken steps to prevent abuse by commercial parties, including placing technical restrictions on automated querying. We also ask that you: + Make non-commercial use of the files We designed Google Book Search for use by individuals, and we request that you use these files for personal, non-commercial purposes. + Refrain from automated querying Do not send automated queries of any sort to Google’s system: If you are conducting research on machine translation, optical character recognition or other areas where access to a large amount of text is helpful, please contact us. We encourage the use of public domain materials for these purposes and may be able to help. + Maintain attribution The Google “watermark” you see on each file is essential for informing people about this project and helping them find additional materials through Google Book Search. Please do not remove it. + Keep it legal Whatever your use, remember that you are responsible for ensuring that what you are doing is legal. Do not assume that just because we believe a book is in the public domain for users in the United States, that the work is also in the public domain for users in other countries. Whether a book is still in copyright varies from country to country, and we can’t offer guidance on whether any specific use of any specific book is allowed. Please do not assume that a book’s appearance in Google Book Search means it can be used in any manner anywhere in the world. Copyright infringement liability can be quite severe. About Google Book Search Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and to make it universally accessible and useful. Google Book Search helps readers discover the world’s books while helping authors and publishers reach new audiences. You can search through the full text of this book on the web at http: //books.google.com/ Jndian Institute, Bxford.
2Google Book Search helps readers discover the world’s books while helping authors and publishers reach new audiences. You can search through the full text of this book on the web at http: //books.google.com/ Jndian Institute, Bxford. CN FY THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST [27] a Tondon HENRY FROWDE Oxrorp UNIVERSITY PRESS WAREHOUSE Amen Corner, E.C. — THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST TRANSLATED BY VARIOUS ORIENTAL SCHOLARS AND EDITED BY F. MAX MULLER VOL. XXVII @rford AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 1885 ( 44 rights reserved | THE SACRED BOOKS OF CHINA THE TEXTS OF CONFUCIANISM TRANSLATED BY JAMES LEGGE PART III THE Lt Kt, I—x @rford AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 1885 (AM rights reserved } y INS 7 by SUE = a m 6} CXFOR? CONTENTS. PREFACE. . 2. 2.0 1 1 4s ets INTRODUCTION. CHAP. I. THREE DIFFERENT L! KING, oR RITUAL. BOOKS, aCKNOW- LEDGED IN CHINA. THE RECOVERY OF THE FIRST TWO, AND FORMATION OF THE THIRD, UNDER THE HAN Dynasty. soe er How Confucius spoke of the Lit. How Mencius spoke of them. Now there are three Li King or three Rituals. State of the Li books at the rise of the Han dynasty. Work of the emperors of Han in recovering the ancient books. i. Recovery of the f Li. ii. King Hsien of Ho-sien, and his recovery of the Kau Li. iii. Formation of the Lf Xi. Council of 8.c. 51. Condition in 8B.c. 26. Hau Shang and the two Tais. M4 Yung and Kang Hstian. hai Yung and his manuscuipt. Li of the Greater T4i. II. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CHINESE CHARACTER CALLED LI. MEANING OF THE TITLE Lf Kt. VALUE OF TRE WorRK . Li is a symbol of religious import, and a symbol for the feeling of propriety. Translation of the title. The value of the Li Ki. The Lf Ki as one of the five King. III, BrigF NOTICES OF THE DIFFERENT BOOKS WHICH MAKE UP THE COLLECTION . . . . . . BOOK . 2. Than Kung. : . . . 3. Wang Kih . . . . 4. Yiieh Ling. : . oo 5. Sang-3ze Win . . 6. Wan Wang Shih-jze . g. Li Yun . . . 8. Lt Kai. . g. Kiaéo Theh Sing 7 . + to. N@i 3eh . a 15 35 17 18 20 21 22 23 25 viil CONTENTS. BOOK PAGE 11. Yii 340 . 27 12, Ming Thang Wei . . : : . 28 13. Sang FG Hsifo KI. . . eee 30 14. Ta Kwan . . 30 15. Shaof . 31 16. Hsio KI 2 wwe 32 17, YoKi. . . - . 32 18. 34Ki 0. 0. Uwe 34 1g. Sang TA Ki... . . 34 20. KiFa . . 35 a1. Kif . 36 22, Ki Thung . 37 23. King Kieh 7 38 24. Ai Kung Wan. 39 25. Kung-ni Yen Ki 40 26. Khung-3ze Hsien Kit . 41 27. Fang Ki . . . . 41 28. Kung Yung. . - : 42 29. Pidéo Kt . . . . . 44 jo. 3zef 2. wl, 45 31. Pain Sang . 46 32. Wan Sang . . . 47 33. FQ Ware . . . 2 48 34- Kien Kwan... 48 35. San Nien Wan 49 36. Shinf 50 37. Thau HO. 50 38. Zi Hsing. . . . 51 39. TaHsio. . . . oe . 53 40. Kwan f 54 4. Hwinf 2... 55 42. 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.
3Hsiang 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 . SEcTION II. SECTION I, . 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 . DIFFERENT MONTHS. Part I. » H. »y Ul. Part J. » U. » Il. . Section I. . . . SECTION II. Supplementary Section . Part I. » CI. » Il. Part I. » Il. » *U. SEcTion IIL. . . . SEcTION IV. PAGE 99 109 lig 120 132 147 161 173 187 202 209 212 222 230 240 249 257 262 268 272 276 280 | 283 286 291 296 301 x CONTENTS. BOOK PAGE 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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