A Study On "The Book Of Rites Of The King James"

King Qianlong Version of LiJi YiShu with eighty-two volumes(last five volumes for pictures),is the third book of San Li Yi Shu,imperially edited by emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty(1644—1911)The book,compiled by Gan Rulai,Li Fu and Ren Qiyun for ten years,was auralled in the 10th year of Qianlong's reign(1745),published in the 19th year(1754),and enacted in the 20th year(1755).The circulation was quite large,such as the copy edition,the Wuyingdian King Qianlong Version of San Li Yi Shu edition,the Si Ku Quan Shu edition and some provincial versions of Imperial Code Seven Jing.It is the product of Confucianism,the urgent need of imperial examination of Qing Dynasty and the tradition of official Li Ji.Meanwhile,enlightened by private editions of Li Ji,it is the product and inevitable result of academic development and political demand.Besides "an",the book quotes 265 researchers,a total of 12058 items,and is classified in accordance with "zheng yi","tong lun","yu lun","pandect","doubt","difference","distinguishing"."Zheng yi",for which Zheng's zhu and Kong's shu account more than half,is the main body of the book,while the others are just affiliations.That reflects the attention that secretaries of San Li pay to the traditional Confucian classics,rather than the Neo-Confucianism which is.regarded by the ordinary readers.Li Ji Yi Shu attaches great importance to collation of classics,and gives priority to text collation,reference collation,and reason collation.Although collation terminology is not fixed and the concept of version,such as "Jiu Ben","Gu Ben" and "Jin Ben"' is also relatively fuzzy,they still have a certain reference value for us to read and collate Li Ji today.Most characteristics of Chinese exegetics of Yi Shu are the same as scholars'during Song Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty(1271-1368).Based on Zheng's Zhu and Kong' Shu,scholars have paid attention to analyze the classic words by the similarity between seal script and grass script.Then,they correct words,smooth and explain the text and annotation,which heralds the "QianJia XiaoXue".In Yi Shu,the understanding and textual researching on the substances of Li Ji,as well as the division and summarization of each chapter,are generally pertinent.Some point of view,even get generally recognized by the later scholars.In respect of inspection of implements and institutions,it refers to the Han Dynasty and Song Dynasty,and does not blindly follow predecessors,but original ideas,which is one of the greatest achievements of the book.Yi Shu systematically summarizes the previous views which contradict Zheng.There are 91 objections to Zheng' comments,including 49 on the institutions of Li,and 42 on exegetics and implements.Mostly are disputed and corrected in the form of a note with evidences,which provides material and idea for later researchers.Li Qi Tu,compiled by Wang Wenqing and Wu Tinghua,255 pictures with descriptions,is based on Nie Chongli's New Three Li Pictures and Yang Fu's Yi Li Pictures,widely collecting,cutting and supplementing predecessors' achievements.This book introduces a large number of theories of Li of the Song Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty,and summarizes the gains and losses through the ages with query spirit,which is the significant characteristic of the book.It has a significant impact on some books of Li,such as Huang Yizhou's Li Qi Pictures of Li Shu Tong Gu.Although the predecessors had different appraisements of Yi Shu,and most were critical,yet there is no doubt that the book has huge influence on the changing studying ethos and other relevant literature,especially Sun Xidan' Li Ji Ji Jie,which is able to explain.Sun Xidan's influence on Yi Shu,and helps the collating,researching and using the history of Confucian classics and literature.