The great philospher and re-founder of Confucianism during Song time 宋, Zhu Xi 朱熹 (1130-1200), is not only venerated and admired as the ingenious master of Neo-Confucianism. He is also charged to be guilty having fixed the sterile social order of the last few hundred years of the Chinese empire. His small book of the family rituals are a good example of the strict and detailed rituals of a Confucian family. His rituals have been adopted as the Confucian standard authority by the Song state.	Chapters of the Zhuzi jiali 1.通禮 Tongli General Principles of Ritual 2.冠禮 Guanli The Capping Ceremony 3.昏（＝婚）禮 Hunli Weddings 4.喪禮 Sangli Funerals 5.祭禮 Jili Sacrificial Rites
	Exemplarious translation: １．通禮；祠堂 君子將營宮室，先立祠堂於正寢之東．為四龕以奉先世神主．（祠堂之內，以近北一架為四龕，每龕內置一卓．大宗及繼高祖之小宗．則高祖居西，曾祖次之，祖次之，父次之．．．神主皆藏於樍中，置於卓上，南向．龕外各垂小簾．簾外置香卓於堂中．置香爐，香合（＝盒）於其上．．．）旁親之無後者，以其班祔．置祭田，具祭器．主人晨謁於大門之內．出入必告．正至朔望則參．俗節則獻以時食．有事則告．或有水火盜賊則先救祠堂遷神．王遺書次及祭器．然後及家財．易世則改題主而遞遷之． General Principles of Ritual; The Offering Hall (Abstract; a part of the detailed description is in brackets) When a man of virtue builds a house his first task is always to set up an offering hall to the east of the main room of his house. For this hall four altars to hold the spiritual tablets of the ancestors are made (Inside the offering hall, near the north end, have a stand for the four altars. Inside each altar, put a table. In the case of a great line, or a lesser line that is heir to a great-great-grandfather, the great-great-grandfather is furthest to the west, with the great-grandfather next to him, the grandfather next, and the father last... The spirit tablets are all stored in a case and placed on the table, the front to the south. Hang a short curtain in front of each altar. In front of these altars, set up an incense table in the center of the room, with incense burners and incense boxes on it...); collateral relatives who died without descendants may have associated offerings made to them there according to their general seniority. Sacrificial fields should be established and sacrificial utensils prepared. Once the hall is completed, early each morning the master enters the outer gate to pay a visit. All comings and goings are reported there. On New Year's Day, the solistices, and each new and full moon, visits are made. On the customary festivals, seasonal foods are offered, and when an event occurs, reports are made. Should there be flood, fire, robbers, or bandits, the offering hall is the first thing to be saved. The spirit tablets, inherited manuscripts, and then the sacrificial utensils should be moved; only afterward may the family's valuables be taken. As one generation succeeds another, the spirit tablets are reinscribed and moved to their new places. Translated by Patricia B. Ebrey, published by the Princeton University Press.