Etiquette is the rule. Salute is to have sincerity and respect for the rules.

Ordinary people obeying the rules is a major matter for a person, and a king obeying the rules is a major matter for a country. "The Book of Rites" and "Zuo Chuan: The Ninth Year of Zhao Gong" both record an old incident that advised the king to abide by the rules. The descriptions in the Book of Rites are vivid and vivid.

This old incident involved five people, Jin Pinggong, the king of the Jin Kingdom. Xun Ying, a veteran minister of the Jin Kingdom. Shi Kuang, Jin Dafu, great musician, blind. Today's music, used for entertainment and entertainment, in ancient times, mainly used in the national body and national ceremonies, such as sacrifices, army expeditions, field hunting and other sons of heaven and princes hunting three times a year, the specific name is spring search, autumn hunting, winter hunting, summer is the busy agricultural period, stop field hunting. "If you have nothing to do, you will not be respectful, you will not be polite, and you will be violent. "The former music official was an important minister. Li Diao, a close attendant, is equivalent to the director of the office of the Duke of Jinping. Du Rong, the head chef of Jin Pinggong.

The old minister Xun Ying passed away and has not yet been buried. Jin Pinggong drank in the dormitory, Shi Kuang and Li Diao's attendants sit, and struck the bell and played music. Du Rong heard the sound of bell music, and ran into the dormitory quickly, "ascending from step to step", one step at a time. After entering the hall, first pour a full glass of wine, ask the teacher to drink, pour a glass of wine and ask Li to drink, the third cup is full, sit up straight, face the north and drink it all. After three glasses of wine, get up and walk outside.

Jin Pinggong stopped Du Rong and said, "I can see that your behavior just now is meant to enlighten me." Why did you let Shi Kuang drink?" "Zi Ri Mao Day is the death day of Shang Xuan and Xia Wei, and the king must be vigilant in these two days, he cannot drink for fun. The special time when the important ministers of the country are not buried is more important than these two days. These old rules are known to Master Kuang, so I punished him with a glass of wine. ”

"Why did you let Lee drink alcohol?"

"Master Li Tiao is your close minister, and your 'drink and food' should not be 'forgetting the king's disease'. ”

"Why do you drink it yourself?"

"I am just a cook, I have overstepped my duties to advise the king, interfered in the affairs of the country, and I should punish myself. ”

Jin Pinggong said: "I am also at fault, pour me a full glass of wine." Du Rong washed the wine glass, filled it with a glass, and raised it high. After Jin Ping finished drinking, he said to the left and right: "Even if I die, I must keep this wine glass." This is the origin of the allusion of "Du Ju Yangyi".

Jin Pinggong is known as the Ming Jun, and his merit is good at admonishment, and in the words of the common people, it is called "eating and persuading". There are also two famous allusions, both of which are related to Shi Kuang, one is "the light of the candle". Jin Pinggong asked Shi Kuang: "I am seventy years old and want to learn." I'm afraid it's twilight. Shi Kuang replied: "Young but studious, like the sun of the rising sun, strong and studious, like the light of the sun, old and studious, like the light of a candle." Another is quite dramatic, one day, Jin Ping invited the ministers to a banquet, and it was estimated that he was drunk, so he sighed unabashedly: "It's good to be a king, no one dares to disobey his words." Before the words fell, Shi Kuang picked up the piano on the case and flew over, Jin Pinggong flashed, and the piano hit the wall and rotted. Jin Pinggong asked: "Taishi, who are you going to smash?" "There was a villain talking nonsense next to me just now. "It's me. "Then this kind of thing shouldn't be said by Renjun. The left and right wanted to cure the sin of the teacher, and Jin Pinggong immediately stopped it, and said: "I will take this as a warning in the future." ”

We in China used to call ourselves the "country of etiquette", which is true, because the rules are specific and the etiquette is clear. Later, the etiquette was disrespectful, many rules were smashed as the "four olds", the big rules were lost to the government and the opposition, and the unspoken rules that could not be put on the table emerged. Otherwise, it's a bit of a self-hype.