Abstract: A treating agent for liquid crystal alignment which, when used for a liquid crystal display device operating in the in-plane switching mode, is excellent in printability and rubbing resistance and having little residual image or image persistence; a liquid crystal alignment film; and a liquid crystal display device of high display quality employing it.

Abstract: A treating agent for liquid crystal alignment, which comprises a polyimide precursor containing repeating units of the formula (1) and having a polymerization degree of from 0.05 to 5.0 dl/g as calculated as the reduced viscosity (in N-methylpyrrolidone at a temperature of 30.degree. C. at a concentration of 0.5 g/dl), and a solvent-soluble polyimide containing repeating units of the formula (2) and having a polymerization degree of from 0.05 to 5.0 dl/g as calculated as the reduced viscosity (in N-methylpyrrolidone at a temperature of 30.degree. C. at a concentration of 0.5 g/dl): ##STR1## wherein each of R.sup.1 and R.sup.3 is a tetravalent organic group constituting a tetracarboxylic acid or its derivative, R.sup.2 is a bivalent organic group constituting a diamine, R.sup.4 is a bivalent organic group constituting a diamine having no fluorine-containing alkyl group or no long chain alkyl group having at least 6 carbon atoms, and each of m and n is a positive integer.

Abstract: An alignment treating agent for a liquid crystal cell, which is composed mainly of a polyimide and/or a polyimide precursor made by a reaction for polymerization of a tetracarboxylic acid derivative component with a diamine component, wherein at least one part of the diamine component is a diamine component of the following formula (1): ##STR1## wherein n is an integer of from 1 to 12, and which gives a tilt angle of at most 2.degree. to nematic liquid crystal.