Book of Rites 1-2 - Li Chi. Li Chi. Book of Rites: An Encyclopedia of ancient ceremonial usages, religous Creeds, and Social Institutions.

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 miscelany or encyclopedia. Li is the important word. The word Li means: ceremonial, ceremonies, etiquette, politeness, urbanity, courtesy, honesty, good manners, good education, knowing how to live...