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Dai De
Western Han scholar of ritual and Erudite of the Rites Classic, traditionally credited with selecting the 85 chapters of the Elder Dai's Records of Rites; his nephew Dai Sheng compiled the Younger Dai's.
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Dai De was a Western Han scholar of ritual from Chiqiu in Wei Commandery. His dates are unknown; he was active in the later Western Han. He studied the rites under Hou Cang, served as Erudite of the Rites Classic, and later as Grand Tutor of Xindu. He is traditionally said to have selected 85 chapters of ritual texts into a book later called the Elder Dai's Records of Rites, of which only part survives. His nephew Dai Sheng compiled the Younger Dai's Records of Rites, the version that became the standard Records of Rites.
Life and times
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Hanactive in the late Western Han - UnknownDied