Sacred Books of the East/Volume 27

THE

SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST

TRANSLATED

BY VARIOUS ORIENTAL SCHOLARS

AND EDITED BY

F. MAX MÜLLER


VOL. XXVII


Oxford
AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
1885

[All rights reserved]

THE

SACRED BOOKS OF CHINA

THE TEXTS OF CONFUCIANISM

 

 

TRANSLATED BY

JAMES LEGGE

 

 

 

PART III

THE LÎ KÎ, I—X

 

 

 

Oxford

AT THE CLARENDON PRESS

1885

[All rights reserved]

CONTENTS.

		PAGE
Preface		xi
Introduction
CHAP.
I.	Three different Lî King, or Ritual. Books, acknowledged in China. The recovery of the first two, and formation of the third, under the Han Dynasty	1
	How Confucius spoke of the Lî. How Mencius spoke of them. Now there are three Lî King or three Rituals. State of the Lî books at the rise of the Han dynasty. Work of the emperors of Han in recovering the ancient books. i. Recovery of the Î Lî. ii. King Hsien of Ho-kien, and his recovery of the Kâu Lî. iii. Formation of the Lî Kî. Council of B.C. 51. Condition in B.C. 36. Hâu 𝖅hang and the two Tâis. Mâ Yung and Kǎng Hsüan. 𝖅hâi Yung and his manusculpt. Lî of the Greater Tâi.
II.	Significance of the Chinese character called Lî. Meaning of the title Lî Kî. Value of the Work	9
	Lî is a symbol of religious import, and a symbol for the feeling of propriety. Translation of the title. The value of the Lî Kî. The Lî Kî as one of the five King.
III.	Brief Notices of the different Books which make up the Collection	15
BOOK
1.	Khü Lî	15
2.	Than Kung	17
3.	Wang Kih	18
4.	Yüeh Ling	20
5.	ℨǎng-𝖟ze Wǎn	21
6.	Wǎn Wang Shih-𝖟ze	22
7.	Lî Yun	23
8.	Lî Khî	25
9.	Kiâo Theh Sǎng	26
10.	Nêi ℨeh	26
11.	Yü ℨâo	27
12.	Ming Thang Wei	28
13.	Sang Fû Hsiâo Kî	30
14.	Tâ Kwan	30
15.	Shâo Î	31
16.	Hsio Kî	32
17.	Yo Kî	32
18.	ℨâ Kî	34
19.	Sang Tâ Kî	34
20.	Kî Fâ	35
21.	Kî Î	36
22.	Kî Thung	37
23.	King Kieh	38
24.	Âi Kung Wǎn	39
25.	Kung-nî Yen Kü	40
26.	Khung-𝖟ze Hsien Kü	41
27.	Fang Kî	41
28.	Kung Yung	42
29.	Piâo Kî	44
30.	ℨze Î	45
31.	Pǎn Sang	46
32.	Wǎn Sang	47
33.	Fû Wǎn	48
34.	Kien Kwan	48
35.	San Nien Wǎn	49
36.	Shǎn Î	50
37.	Thâu Hû	50
38.	Zû Hsing	51
39.	Tâ Hsio	53
40.	Kwan Î	54
41.	Hwǎn Î	55
42.	Hsiang Yin Kiû Î	56
43.	Shê Î	56
44.	Yen Î	57
45.	Phing Î	58
46.	Sang Fû Sze Kih	59
BOOK
I.	Khü Lî or Summary of the Rules of Propriety.
Section I.
	Part I	61
	Part II	67
	Part III	73
	Part IV	83
	Part V	90
Section II.
	Part I	99
	Part II	109
	Part III	114
II.	The Than Kung.
Section I.
	Part I	120
	Part II	132
	Part III	147
Section II.
	Part I	161
	Part II	173
	Part III	187
	Appendix to Book II	202
	Plates I–VI after page 208.
III.	The Royal Regulations.
	Section I	209
	Section II	212
	Section III	222
	Section IV	230
	Section V	240
IV.	Yüeh Ling or Proceedings of Government in the different Months.
Section I.
	Part I	249
	Part II	257
	Part III	262
Section II.
	Part I	268
	Part II	272
	Part III	276
	Supplementary Section	280
Section III.
	Part I	283
	Part II	286
	Part III	291
Section IV.
	Part I	296
	Part II	301
	Part III	306
V.	The Questions of ℨǎng-𝖟ze.
	Section I	311
	Section II	328
VI.	Wǎn Wang Shih-𝖟ze or King Wǎn as Son and Heir.
	Section I	343
	Section II	353
VII.	The Lî Yun or Ceremonial Usages;—their Origin, Development, and Intention.
	Section I	364
	Section II	372
	Section III	380
	Section IV	385
VIII.	The Lî Khî or Rites in the Formation of Character.
	Section I	394
	Section II	404
IX.	The Kiâo Theh Sǎng or the Single Victim at the Border Sacrifices.
	Section I	416
	Section II	426
	Section III	437
X.	The Nêi ℨeh or the Pattern of the Family.
	Section I	449
	Section II	464
	Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East	481

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