Author: Couvreur, Séraphin. [transl.].
Title: Mémoires sur les bienséances et les cérémonies.
Description: Paris, [1950]. 2 vols in 4 parts. VI,788, [1],848 pp. Softcovers. - Front cover of vol. I.1 a bit damaged. (Textes de la Chine / Les Humanités d'Extreme-Orient).Translation of the Lî Kî ('The book of rites' ), one of the 'Five Chinese Classics'. The work is a compilation of assorted texts which describe Chinese religious practices from the eighth to the fifth century B.C. It was first written down about 200 B.C. This work is of interest because of the minute description of Chinese culture from this period, including funerary rites, clothing, cosmological theories, astronomy, economy, geography, history, family structure, the Imperial court, music, crime and punishment, horticulture, and even some exotic recipes.

Keywords: Ethnography Asia China Theology Etnografie Azië Theologie