
Three things a superior should not enter first?	Difficulties in distinguishing? true from false injuries	Seven covenants for living in the countryside	Six roots for governing the heart	Seven prohibitions regarding speech	Six regrets for acting too late	Warning words for household management	Warning words for making friends	Warning words on divine strategy
Four methods for serving in court	Disputes over lost property and identifying owners	Four matters for village life	Five matters for attaining wealth	Seven "Must Not" prohibitions	Warning words on the cultivation of intent	Warning words on health preservation	Warning words for officials	Warning words on moral discourse
One method for being an official	A county official must not impose forced loans	Four roots for domestic living	Five matters leading to poverty	Four methods for peace and happiness	Warning words on self-conduct	Warning words for dealing with the world	Warning words for sub-officials	General warning words

Volume Ten


General Preface to Capping Rites The "Capping Rite" (Guanli) was the traditional Confucian coming-of-age ceremony for young men, usually held at age 20.	General Preface to Wedding Rites	New Style for Preliminary Marriage Cards	Invocations for the Ancestral Temple Written prayers used to inform ancestors of major family events like weddings or births.
Lord Wen’s Capping Rite referring to Sima Guang (1019–1086), a famous Song Dynasty historian and statesman whose ritual manuals were widely followed.	Lord Wen’s Wedding Rite referring to Zhu Xi (1130–1200), the preeminent Neo-Confucian philosopher whose "Family Rituals" became the standard for centuries.	New Style for Marriage Contracts	Ritual Speech for the Sheep-Spraying Ceremony original: "噀羊" (xunyang); a regional wedding custom involving the ritual spraying of wine toward a sacrificial sheep or the wedding feast meat to invoke blessings.
Hairpinning Rite The "Hairpinning Rite" (Jili) was the coming-of-age ceremony for young women, usually held at age 15.	Common Wedding Rituals	New Style for Formal Engagement Documents	Poems and Lyrics for the Ceremonial Feast