| Abstract:Studies on Rites of Zhou was set afoot during the period of two Han Dynasty. Liu Xin, the founder and pioneer of the study on Rites of Zhou, has made great contributions in such three aspects. Firstly, when appointed to collate the book in Mi Fu, Liu Xin and his father, Liu Xiang, included Rites of Zhou,a masterpiece unknown to the world, in Qi Lve. Having realized the value of Rites of Zhou, Liu Xin spared no efforts to introduce the book to the academia under tremendous pressure. Secondly, Liu Xin motivated the foundation of Rites of Zhou among education officers and doctors when Wang Mang in power. Finally, besides the study on Rites of Zhou, Liu Xin wrote the four chapters of Zhou Guan Zhuan and recruited a large population of apprentices to hand down the study. Plenty famous scribes like Du Zichun, Zheng Xing, Jia Hui, Zheng Zhong, Jia Kui and Wei Hong, who stemmed from the transmission spectrum of the study of Rites of Zhou by Liu Xin, all got instructed by him directly or indirectly. All those scholars accomplished great achievements and carried the study of Rites of Zhou forward. |
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