{"collection":"cfu","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cfu/liki/index.htm","path":"cfu/liki/index.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cfu/liki/index.htm","text":"The Li Ki is one of the 'Five Chinese Classics'.\nThis title is usually translated the Book of Rites.\nThe work is a compilation of assorted texts which describe\nChinese religious practices from the\neighth to the fifth century B.C. It was first written down\nabout 200 B.C.\nThis work is of interest because of the minute description of\nChinese culture from this period, including funerary rites,\nclothing, cosmological theories, astronomy, economy, geography,\nhistory, family structure, the Imperial court, music,\ncrime and punishment, horticulture, and even some exotic recipes.","title":"Confucianism - Sacred Texts Collection","type":"page"}