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CONTENTS.

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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