LI CHI Book popular of Rites - An Encyclopedia of Ancient Ceremonial Usages, Religious Creeds, and Social Institutions Translated by James Legge

Li Chi: Book of Rites. An Encyclopedia of Ancient Ceremonial Usages, Religious Creeds, and Social Institutions. *RARE*
by James Legge; Ch'u and Winberg Chai (editors)

Li Chi is one, perhaps the most important, of the Five Classics, the Confucian texts which have been the cultural foundation of Chinese
civilization for two thousand years. Chi means miscellany or encyclopedia. Li is an important word. Account to the circumstances in which
it is used, the word means: ceremonial, ceremonies, etiquette, politeness, urbanity, courtesy, honesty, good manners, good education, form,
knowing how to live, decorum, decency, personal dignity, moral conduct, social order, social laws, duties, law, usages, customs, etc. etc.

The translation by James Legge is commonly recognized as the best ever made in any Western language.

Hardcover set of 2 books in original sleeve. Sleeve is has chips and fading.
Books are in Like New condition, with only fading on the outer spines.

Published by University Books, 1967 popular