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*''Chinese'': 大清通礼 ''(Da Qing tongli)''

*''Chinese'': 大清通礼 ''(Da Qing tongli)''

The ''Da Qing tongli'', or "Comprehensive Rites of the Great Qing," is a volume detailing Imperial rites performed in the [[Qing Dynasty]] Court.

The ''Da Qing tongli'', or "Comprehensive Rites of the Great Qing," is a volume detailing Imperial rites performed in the [[Qing Dynasty]] Court. Along with compilations of the actual official statutes, this "became the standard of ritual orthodoxy for the remainder of the ... period." Commissioned in [[1736]], it was completed in [[1759]], and entered into widespread publication in [[1818]].<ref>Richard Smith, “Ritual in Ch’ing Culture,” in Kwang-Ching Liu (ed.), ''Orthodoxy in Late Imperial China'', University of California Press (1990), 286.</ref>

The rites are divided into five categories, known as ''wuli'' (五礼):

The rites are divided into five categories, known as ''wuli'' (五礼):

==References==

==References==

*James Hevia, ''Cherishing Men from Afar: Qing Guest Ritual and the Macartney Embassy of 1793'', Duke University Press (1995), 22-23.

*James Hevia, ''Cherishing Men from Afar: Qing Guest Ritual and the Macartney Embassy of 1793'', Duke University Press (1995), 22-23.

[[Category:Historical Documents]]

[[Category:Historical Documents]]

[[Category:Edo Period]]

[[Category:Edo Period]]