Newly Defined Three Rites Diagram

Author: Nie Chongyi
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Publication Date: 2006-11-01
Features: The Three Rites Illustrated (or titled The Illustrated Collection of the Three Rites) in twenty volumes is a compilation by Nie Chongyi, a renowned scholar of the Song Dynasty, who cross-examined and revised various ancient Three Rites Illustrated works. This book includes illustrations and explanations (collected annotations). It contains over 380 figures and approximately 100,000 words of original text. Although the illustrations "may not be entirely like those of ancient times," they are supported by classical references and provide interpretations of ritual objects, making them of significant reference value. Among the existing Three Rites Illustrated works closest to ancient originals, this book is unparalleled. Today, surviving editions include the Song Chuxi printing, the Mongolian Dingzong 2nd Year printing (Sibu Congkan edition), Qian Zeng's Yishiyuan (Siku Quanshu), and multiple Qing Dynasty printed editions. The Song Chuxi 2nd Year (1175) printing is used as the base text, with the Sibu Congkan Sanbian of the Mongolian Dingzong 2nd Year (1247) The Illustrated Collection of the Three Rites (revised by Zheng Shi's family academy) and the Siku Quanshu transcription of Qian Zeng's Yishiyuan as comparative reference texts. The original text has been collated, punctuated, and provided with concise annotations to produce a revised edition that is convenient for modern readers to read and use. ... The book includes illustrations and explanations, with over 300 figures and approximately 100,000 words of original text, and the illustrations "may not be entirely like those of ancient times."