Talk:Classic of Rites

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modern scholars believe that the original title, Lijing ("Classic of Rites"), was dropped so that jing ("classic") would be reserved for ...

What does 禮記 mean, then? Unfortunately, only an "original" title is explained, not the actual one. And even the original title is just mentioned in passing (we only hear that "the" title is dropped!)--why was is dropped, when was it dropped, by whom was it dropped, ...? --Ibn Battuta 15:42, 2 May 2007 (UTC)