Reply. Rite is an important ceremony, and people often say "great classics and great solutions", in which classics and harmony refer to the most core and important things; Qu, it is curved. When something bends it, it becomes smaller, so the small one becomes smaller.
Etiquette is called Quli. Etiquette is so rich in content and various in names that it is really difficult for people who are not engaged in etiquette learning to remember them. How to practice?
In fact, although the form of the ceremony is complex, it is systematic and procedural. As long as you can draw the outline, it is not difficult to grasp. For example, a fishing net has thousands of "eyes" on it, all of which are meshes. It's a lot, but
But they are all tied to the "outline", which is a big rope for closing the net. As long as the outline is lifted, the eyes will naturally open; A fur coat with hundreds of thousands of fox hairs on it seems complicated, but as long as the collar is mentioned, they will
Naturally, it will straighten out. So, what is the procedure of the ceremony? It's de. All ceremonies are centered on virtue and aim to promote and praise virtue. Any ceremony that violates virtue cannot be called a ceremony. Therefore,
If you grasp virtue, you will grasp the root of ceremony.
Virtue is a highly abstract concept, invisible and intangible, but it does exist. In order to show it, we need to have concrete virtues.
Purpose, such as loyalty and filial piety, kindness, honesty and so on. These virtues are abstract and need to be further revealed, so they need a lot of etiquette, but etiquette can be touched and perceived. The formulation of etiquette needs to follow certain rules.
Principles, only in this way, can have moral connotation. There are many principles that run through all kinds of etiquette, and the predecessors did not make a centralized induction. Therefore, we often find it difficult in the process of teaching. For the convenience of readers and listeners
People, in the hope of being concise and easy to remember, I sum up the principles of etiquette in four words: respect, purity, quietness and elegance, which may not be accurate, but there is no scholar to sum it up yet, so I might as well try it first.
Respect all manners, including the principle of "respect", so it can be said that there is no ceremony without respect. Many sages even used it to summarize the spirit of etiquette. For example, the Book of Filial Piety says in a nutshell: "Respect for courtesy and righteousness." The first sentence in the Book of Rites is "Don't disrespect", which is demanded from the opposite side. A famous scholar in the Eastern Han Dynasty explained "no respect" and said: "Ceremony is the respect for the Lord." All our ancient gifts are trying to cultivate your inner "respect". You can't disrespect your parents, brothers, spouses, parents and career.
A quiet person with good cultivation must be "quiet", calm and calm. "University" opened the book and said: "The way of a university lies in virtue, in being close to (new) people and in being perfect." Everyone knows the meaning of this passage, that is, the goal of life is to stop at perfection. College is very nervous.
Then he said, "Zhi Zhi can decide later, decide later, be quiet later, be quiet later, be safe later, be safe later, be safe later." In other words, people who know enough is enough will have a direction, and their hearts will be quiet, safe and thoughtful.
Detailed, you can stop. People with lofty ideals know the truth of "staying still and staying away". As the saying goes, "the sea is vast and the sky is calm, and the shallow stream is noisy." Therefore, silence is one of the weather of a gentleman.