Rites of Zhou
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The Rites of Zhou (Chinese: 周禮), originally known as "Officers of Zhou" (周官; Zhouguan), is a Chinese work on bureaucracy and organizational theory. It was renamed by Liu Xin to differentiate it from a chapter in the Book of History by the same name. To replace a lost work, it was included along with the Book of Rites and the Etiquette and Ceremonial – becoming one of three ancient ritual texts (the "Three Rites") listed among the classics of Confucianism.
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Traditional Chinese | 周禮 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 周礼 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | Zhou rites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vietnamese alphabet | Chu lễ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chữ Hán | 周禮 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hangul | 주례 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hanja | 周禮 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kanji | 周礼 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kana | しゅらい | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In comparison with other works of its type, the Rite's ruler, though a sage, does not create the state, but merely organizes a bureaucracy. It could not have been composed during the Western Zhou. With a vision based on Warring States period society, Mark Edward Lewis takes it as closely linked to the major administrative reforms of the period. He and Michael Puett compare its system of duties and ranks to the "Legalism" of Shang Yang.[1]