Does the etiquette in the Book of Rites in the Historical Records refer to etiquette?

The "rites" in the Book of Rites in the Historical Records do not entirely refer to etiquette.

The Book of Rites is one of the eight books of Sima Qian's "Historical Records", which is dedicated to several theories about rites. Rites are the rules or systems that maintain the hierarchy and order of all things in the world. Sima Qian's listing at the head of the Eight Books reflects his understanding of the importance of social hierarchy and order.

The contents of the Book of Historical Records: The Book of Rites:

This article is divided into two parts, the previous one is a preface, briefly describing the characteristics, functions and evolution of rites. The following is a detailed explanation, which is made by deleting the two texts of "Xunzi", "Etiquette Theory" and "Discussion of Soldiers". It can be divided into seven levels:

Preface II, Detail V. The first two natural paragraphs are the first layer, on "making rituals along human feelings". The meaning of "along the human feelings" includes two aspects: "conforming to human feelings" and "saving people's desires".

Clause. The third, fourth, and fifth natural sections are the second layer, which describes the evolution of the ritual system. Clause.

The sixth, seventh, and eighth natural paragraphs are contained in the "Theory of Etiquette", which is the third layer, and the content is the deepening of the first layer, but the "conformity to human feelings" is summarized as "raising" human feelings, and "temperance and human desire" is summarized as "the distinction of etiquette". Furthermore, it is pointed out that the latter is the dividing line between the theories of Confucianism and Mohism, that is, it is believed that Mohists advocate "one is emotional", while Confucianism advocates that people want to be controlled according to rank. The fourth floor includes:

The ninth and eleventh natural paragraphs are the Chinese characters for "parliamentary soldiers", and the content is to prove the importance of etiquette with examples. The following to the end of the article are all from the "Treatise on Etiquette", where the first.

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The second and thirteenth natural sections are the fifth layer, and another characteristic of the treatise is "noble and personal use". The first "rite has three books": heaven and earth, ancestors and monarchs.

The second example shows that distinguishing between dignity and humility is a specific manifestation of "noble book". At the end, "your own use" is the highest form of etiquette. The fourteenth natural section is the sixth level, which is a summary of the above.

Yu is the seventh layer, which is the Taishi Gong's commentary (also composed of the Chinese character for "etiquette"), which reiterates the importance of etiquette and puts forward the view that "etiquette is the ultimate of humanity" and that etiquette is moderate.

There is no Book of Rites in the Historical Records, the Book of Six Classics of Poetry (Book of Songs) Book (Book of Rites) Book of Rites (Book of Rites) Yi (Zhou Yi) Le (Book of Music) Spring and Autumn The Book of Rites is mainly about the Confucian records and explanations of the etiquette established by Zhou during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and the etiquette of various countries. It also involves politics, ideology, geography, history, law and other aspects.

It refers to the "Rites", that is, the "Book of Rites".

It is one of the thirteen classics of Confucianism and is a compilation of the etiquette system of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in China. A total of seventeen articles. The content records various rituals such as crowns, marriages, funerals, sacrifices, townships, archery, courts, and appointments in the Zhou Dynasty, and mainly records the etiquette of scholars. Before the Qin Dynasty, the article was unknown, and the high hall students in the early Han Dynasty passed on the rituals.

The Book of Rites was compiled by Dai Shengsuo, a scholar of Western Han Dynasty rites. The Book of Rites is an important book on the Wuju system in ancient China and one of the classic works of Confucianism. The compilation of this book is a compilation of various ritual works before the Qin and Han dynasties by Dai Sheng of the Western Han Dynasty, with a total of 49 articles.

The Book of Rites is one of the "Three Rites", one of the "Five Classics", and one of the "Thirteen Classics". Since the Eastern Han Dynasty Zheng Xuan made a "note", the status of the "Book of Rites" has risen, and it has been respected as the "classic" in the Tang Dynasty, and after the Song Dynasty, it ranks first in the "Three Rites".

Overall introductionThe Book of Rites originally had forty-six articles, starting with "Qu Li" and ending with "Four Systems of Mourning Clothes", but because the content of "Qu Li", "Tan Gong" and "Miscellaneous Records" was too long, most versions divided it into two parts, so there are forty-nine articles.

Remember the etiquette provisions, and make up for what he did not prepare in other books, such as "Qu Qi Bili", "Tan Gong", "Yuzao", "Mourning Clothes Notes", "Big Biography", "Shaoyi", "Miscellaneous Notes", "Funeral Notes", "Running Funeral", "Throwing Pots" and so on.