The Book of Rites is an important collection of laws and regulations in ancient China, with 20 volumes and 49 articles.

The content of this book mainly describes the pre-Qin ritual system, which embodies the pre-Qin Confucian philosophical thoughts (such as the concept of heaven, world outlook and outlook on life), educational thoughts (such as personal cultivation, educational system, teaching methods and school management), political thoughts (such as educational politics, building a harmonious society, ritual criminal law) and aesthetic thoughts (such as the theory of material sense and the theory of harmony between rites and music).

It is an important material for studying the pre-Qin society and a compilation of Confucianism.

2. General code:

Tongdian is the first political work with complete style in the history of China.

This is written by Du You, a statesman and historian in the Tang Dynasty, with 200 volumes. It is the first political work with a complete style in the history of China, and it is also one of the "ten links".

The General Code records the laws and regulations on economy, politics, etiquette and military punishment before Tang Tianbao, as well as special books on geography and nationality.

The * * written by Tang has 200 volumes, divided into nine chapters,1more than 500 subheadings, about1900,000 words.

There were many kinds of publications in the Northern Song Dynasty, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, among which Jiutong Edition, which was carved by Wuying Hall in Qianlong, Qing Dynasty, was the most popular.

3. "General Literature Examination":

The General Examination of Documents records the evolution of laws and regulations from ancient times to Song Ningzong, which is more detailed than Du You's General Examination.

There are land tax examination, coin examination, household registration examination, vocational examination, taxation examination, municipal tax examination, local tax examination, national use examination, selective examination, school examination, official examination, rural social examination, ancestral temple examination, Wang Li examination, music examination, military examination, criminal examination, classics examination, emperor examination, feudal examination and so on.

Extended data:

The court is the place where feudal emperors lived. In order to show the supremacy of the royal family and the majesty of dominating the world, the design and architecture of the ancient courts in China are particularly pursuing magnificence and grandeur.

The design of ancient court is generally divided into two parts: the front is the place where the emperor handles state affairs, and the back is the place where the emperor and queen live.

The main palace in the palace is built on a north-south central axis, and the buildings on both sides are neat and symmetrical. Many courtyards and halls show the cleanliness, solemnity and vastness of the palace.