Dai Sheng (), also known as Xiao Dai, (), birth and death unknown, was the Scholar of Rituals to
Emperor Xuan of the
Former Han Dynasty. He was the son of
Dai Ren () and the nephew of
Dai De. He was a native of Liang (now
Shangqiu
Shangqiu (), alternately romanized as Shangkiu, is a city in eastern Henan province, Central China. It borders Kaifeng to the northwest, Zhoukou to the southwest, and the provinces of Shandong and Anhui to the northeast and southeast respectivel ...
,
Henan
Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is a ...
) and a founder of the
Former Han Dynasty Jinwen Jingxue (今文经学, School of Confucianism).
He helped compile the ''
Book of Rites
The ''Book of Rites'', also known as the ''Liji'', is a collection of texts describing the social forms, administration, and ceremonial rites of the Zhou dynasty as they were understood in the Warring States and the early Han periods. The ''Boo ...
'' (''Li Ji''), reducing the 85 books of Dai De's version down to 46. Three books were later added to make 49 that still exist.
Dai Sheng's version is known as ''Xiao Dai Li Ji'' 小戴礼记.
References
Han dynasty writers
Han dynasty classicists
People from Handan
Writers from Hebei
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