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We say 'a nice place to live (in)' and 'a chair to sit (in/on)'. Can we also say 'a nice place for living (in) and 'a chair for sitting (in/on) like the above sentence which I got from reference.com webpages?
And how about 'a box to put the books in' and 'a box for putting the books (in)'?
Could I ask native English teachers to help me please? Thank you very much.
Chairs are odd things - you can sit in them and you can sit on them.
You can only live in a place, and a box is something to put things in, but you can also put things on a box [ or rather, on a closed box].
Anglica,
Thank you for your help. I'd like to know further if we can say 'a place for living in', and 'a chair for sitting on/in' are good structures to use. Thank you in advance.
a chair for sitting on/in 
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