Liji (Records of Rites) is a collective work of Confucian exposition and argumentations or interpretations of social rites from the Warring States Period (475-221BC) to the Qin and Han dynasties (221BC-220AD).

The Han Dynasty called the books compiled by Confucius as Jing (classics), and explications and annotations made by disciples for Jing as Zhuan (biography) or Ji (records), hence the name of Liji for the book that interpreted social rites. Liji has 131 chapters in the early Western Han Dynasty (206BC-8AD). The book discusses the meaning of rites, explains institutions and airs the ideality of the Confucians.

Philosophers of the Song Dynasty (960-1279) selected Daxue (The Great Learning) from Liji and combined it with Zhongyong (The Center of Harmony), Lunyu (The Analects), and Mengzi (The Book of Mencius) into The Four Books, which was used as an elementary reading material for Confucians.