Work Classification Layer
Compare Works
Pick two or more works to set their attribute fingerprints, dimension-by-dimension passages, and shared school embodiments side by side. Especially useful for author-stage comparisons (Wittgenstein early vs late) and for setting a single tradition's foundational texts against each other.
The Book of Rites (Liji)
Confucian classic — Han-period compendium of ritual descriptions and ethical-philosophical essays
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | The Book of Rites (Liji) (Mid) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Infinite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Time · Grain | Continuous |
| Time · Freedom | Non-Deterministic |
| Time · Traversability | Linear |
| Time · Dimensionality | One |
| Time · Direction | Uni-directional |
| Space · Extent | Finite |
| Space · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Space · Curvature | Flat |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | Local |
| Matter · Extent | Infinite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Matter · Conservation | Conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | Local |
| Observer · Time Instance | Single |
| Observer · Space Instance | Single |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Partial |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Active |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Impersonal |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Tradition |
| Observer · Theological Method | — |
| Energy · Extent | Infinite |
| Energy · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Energy · Conservation | Conserved |
| Energy · Dispersibility | Irreversible |
| Information · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Information · Cosmic Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Personal Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Granularity | Continuous |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
The Book of Rites (Liji)
The pre-Qin and Han historical periods of Confucian formation.
Space
The Book of Rites (Liji)
The Chinese courtly-ceremonial spaces; the proper-domestic spaces of family ritual.
Matter
The Book of Rites (Liji)
The embodied bodies engaged in proper ritual practice.
Observer
The Book of Rites (Liji)
The Confucian ritual-practitioner as proper subject.
Energy
The Book of Rites (Liji)
The ritual-aesthetic-communal energies of proper Confucian life.
Information
The Book of Rites (Liji)
The systematic-detailed ritual-philosophical content of the compendium.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
The compositional history is complex — different chapters from different periods, some attributed to Confucius's disciples, others to Han-period redactors; the work's role in the Confucian canon is uncontested.