Sunlight Emperor Yao(堯): in search of the origin of Li(禮)

According to chinese tradition, Yeo was one of sage kings of remote antiquity and the founder of Li. The opening chapter of The Book of Documents is the earliest and most detailed description on his achievements. I had made, in this paperl, a careful examination of introductory part of . Some scholars considered it as a fragment of ancient calendar. others as an astronomical document of Zhou period. These seem to me partial understandings, because the record gives a model of government relating the social order to the celestial order. It mentions legendary persons and seasonal events : name of royal officers who, under the orders of Yao, observed the movements of heavenly bodies and performed solar rites in the time of vernal and autumnal equinox : name of stars which let people know the time of activity and that of repose : seasonal aspects of social life and of animals. It condenses the essence of Li culture into a few paragraphs. Judging from earlier researches on ancient chinese astronomy and archeological relics, it is highly probable that the solar rituals stated in show us more primitive aspect than that of Zhou Dynasty- I had treated the latter in other work