• The Guan Li (simplified Chinese: 冠礼; traditional Chinese: 冠禮; pinyin: guànlǐ) is the Confucian coming of age ceremony. According to the Li Ji (lit. 'Book...
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    when they are 15 (及笄). Yili (儀禮), a text in the chapter of the rites(?) (士冠禮) describes various details of the ceremonies involved. Nearing the late parts...
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    In comparison with ji li, the male equivalent known as guan li (Chinese: 冠禮) or "hat initiation", usually took place five years later, at the age of twenty...
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  • Yili Chapters Number Chinese Pinyin Translation (Boltz 1993:235-236) 1 士冠禮 Shiguan li Capping rites for (the son of) a common officer 2 士昏禮 Shihun li Nuptial...
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    defines four important rites based on Confucianism. In the chapter, Gwallyejo《冠禮條》on the coming of age ceremonies, the samja (삼자; 衫子) was commonly called dangui...
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  • and relatives, and rice cakes are distributed to neighbors. Gwallye (관례; 冠禮), the coming-of-age ceremony, is performed between the ages of 15 and 20....
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    standing. Trainee nain referred to girls who had not yet passed the gwallye (冠禮, a coming-of-age ceremony), and they were divided into saenggaksi and gaksi...
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  • with a rank, who entered the place in their early age and had "gwallye" (冠禮, coming-of-age ceremonies). Thus the musuri were maids to assist gungnyeo...
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  • as Emperor Mu turned 14 and went through his rite of passage (jiaguanli (加冠禮)), Empress Dowager Chu officially stripped herself of her role as regent,...
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  • adult, and its purpose is to make one perform one’s duties.” Gwallye (관례; 冠禮) and Gyelye (계례; 筓禮) refer to the annual ritual, which is a coming of age...
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