"What are the Three Rites?

What are the "Three Rites"

The name "Three Rites" began with Zheng Xuan in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and refers to the Zhou Rites, the Rites of Passage, and the Records of Rites.

The Rites of Zhou, a Confucian classic, was written by Zhou Gongdan, and is rich in content. It covers a wide range of topics, from the world's nine states, astronomy and calendars to the smallest ditches and roads, grasses, trees, insects and fish. Where the state system, politics, law, culture and education, rituals, music, military and punishment, taxation, food, clothing, bedrooms, temples, horses, agriculture, business, medicine and divination, craftsmanship, a variety of names, regulations, systems, all inclusive. It can be called the treasure trove of Han cultural history.

The Rites of Passage, also known as the Rites of Passage or the Rites of Passage, is one of the thirteen Confucian sutras, which focuses on the major rites and rituals of the ancient aristocracy, with the record of the etiquette of the Shih Daifu as the main focus.

The Book of Rites was compiled by the Western Han ritualist Dai De and his nephew Dai Sheng **** together. The Book of Rites is an important work for the study of social conditions, canonical systems and Confucianism in ancient China. It expounds ideas, including social, political, ethical, philosophical, religious and other aspects, of which the University, the Meanwhile, and the Rites of Passage are extremely rich in philosophical ideas.

The Three Rites is the theoretical form of ancient Chinese ritual culture, which has a profound influence on the political system, cultural tradition, social thought, and ethical concepts of later generations of Chinese.