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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. 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 ''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."<ref name=smith>Richard Smith, “Ritual in Ch’ing Culture,” in Kwang-Ching Liu (ed.), ''Orthodoxy in Late Imperial China'', University of California Press (1990), 286.</ref> Commissioned in [[1736]], it was completed in [[1759]], and entered into widespread publication in [[1818]].<ref name=smith/>

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

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