周礼 zhōulǐ Rites of Zhou Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 周 zhōu Zhou Dynasty the Zhou Dynasty (c. 1046-256 BC); the Later Zhou Dynasty (951-960 AD)礼 禮 lǐ Classic of Rites (bound form) the "Classic of Rites", one of the Five Classics of Confucianism; also refers to the three ancient texts on ritual