Chapter 231: The Child

According to the weekly system, men perform crown salutes at the age of 20, but the princes of the Son of Heaven salute more early in order to take charge of state affairs as soon as possible - so it is said that King Wen was crowned at the age of 12, and King Cheng was crowned at the age of 15.

Before the Han Dynasty, the crown ceremony was extremely heavy.

King Cheng of Zhou succeeded King Wu at an early age, but Duke Zhou was regent until he came of age.

Ying Zheng was on the throne of Qin at the age of thirteen, but it was not until he was twenty-two years old, "crowned, with a sword", that he became pro-government.

"The Book of the Later Han Dynasty • The Biography of Confucianism", Zhou Fangnian 16, Shijun officials. Shizu patrolled Runan, summoned Peng to test the scriptures, and saw that he was "especially able to read", and wanted to worship as a guard. And Zhou Fang "uncrowned" and cannot obey fate.

From the Son of Heaven to the Shishu, the crown ceremony is "the capital of adults", and if the crown ceremony is not performed, "it is incurable".

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Entering the Sui and Tang dynasties, Guanli began to weaken significantly.

Liu Zongyuan said in "The Book of Answering Wei Zhongzhong on the Tao of the Master", "The crown ceremony has not been practiced for hundreds of years."

It was also mentioned that there was a person named Sun Changyin at that time, who "acted in anger alone" and went to the court the next day, hoping that the ministers could teach him.

After arriving at the outer court, Sun's recommendation wat said to the secretary: "A certain son is crowned. "The ministers didn't understand.

Uncle Jing Zhao Yin Zheng was more fun, but he suddenly said, "What do you have to do with me? The Minister of Civil and Military Affairs burst into laughter.

It can be seen that at that time, most people took the crown ceremony as a detour.

However, this ceremony, in the true family of poetry, was not abandoned.

For example, Sima Guang once heartbroken: "The crown ceremony has been abandoned for a long time - in recent times, human affection has been particularly light."

Giving birth to a child is like drinking milk, and adding a scarf and hat. Those who have officials may make public uniforms for them. Those who are over ten years old are covered with fresh horns.

How can he know what he is responsible for? Therefore, from childhood to adulthood, foolishness is the same, and it is not known the way of adulthood. ”

The so-called "Four Journeys", "The Book of Rites: Guanyi" explains very clearly - "for the son of man, for the brother, for the minister, and for the less".

The purpose of the crown ceremony is to "take responsibility for the four to others".

"Is it important to be polite?

Therefore, filial piety, brother, loyalty, and obedience can be established, and then they can be people.

You can be a man, and then you can heal a man. ”

Therefore, Sima Guang believes that the crown ceremony is to allow people to officially begin to fulfill the four virtues of filial piety, loyalty, and obedience. The abolition of the crown ceremony will make people light, cause people to be ignorant of their responsibilities in the process of growing up, and will cause social problems.

And Zhu Xi was surprised by the demise of this ceremony: "It's a private matter in my own house, why is it difficult to do?" After closing the door, how difficult is it to put the scarf crown on the children? ”

Today's Confucianism is not completely ancient and rigid, so the crown rites of each family have been retained, simplified and adapted.

Gifts cannot be abolished, but they can be easy.

But in terms of age, there were disagreements and arguments among the families.

"Etiquette • Shiguan Ceremony" Jia Gongyan Shu: "The princes are twelve and crowned." If the Son of Heaven is the same as the princes......

Sima Guang, in his "Shuyi", examined the ancient system, believing that a man between the ages of 12 and 20 or before marriage, as long as his parents did not have a funeral, he could perform the crown ceremony.

Cheng Yi objected, believing that the starting point should be postponed: "The crown is responsible for adults, and twelve years is not the time to be responsible." ”

Zhu Xi holds another point of view, when the light age is up, it is not possible to have relevant basic knowledge reserves: "If you are a gentleman who is good at ancient times, and his son is more than fifteen years old, he can read the "Book of Filial Piety" and "Analects", and know the prescription of etiquette and righteousness, and then crown it, which is beautiful." ”

No matter how you argue, in fact, the essence of the matter is still clear to everyone - both the crown and the responsibility.

Failure to do so is a false courtesy.

Regardless of age, if you add a crown, you are an adult, and you must be required by the adult's code of conduct.

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When you get to Suyou, things turn upside down - you've fully met the requirements for the rite of passage, so you can be crowned!

This is the suggestion made by Long Daru in the Longchang period, he has endured it for a year, it is bearable, which is unbearable!

It is precisely because this baby is not crowned that how many loopholes have he exploited?

Otherwise, you let Tang Yantong go to the river to try it?! Shilin Gong can't spray him!

Since the age of five, this baby has known the way of etiquette and righteousness, and can do the four things - relying on each other with the eight princes for life and filial piety; Collect the children in Kelongli, for the sake of the coward; lobbied Dali to capture Nong Zhigao and be loyal; He had a good relationship with Jiang Qing, and said that he would move them to appease the exiles and help the yamen solve the problem.

If you judge by the standard of treating people, don't mention the file of the Erlin Department, one in Guangkelong, one in the land temple, this baby has already cured flowers!

But! He relied on his young age, a hammer in the east and a mallet in the west, naughty and mischievous and not attentive to study, and it was inconvenient for people to be punished, which is a serious cheating!

So for this trickster, ah, no exception! He must be crowned as soon as possible, and he must be held accountable as an adult, so that he can be strictly controlled.

Everyone, all adults, unanimously agreed.

Long Lao is different, dig deep into the root cause theoretically, solve the problem from the system, praise!

Su You also rolled his eyes secretly - Longshan Chang, you are a great Confucian, don't learn to say, Wu Chengen has moved out of the set of tightening the hoop spell for Sun Monkey!

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Zhou Dynasty crown ceremony, Shi Yi Sanjia - the first addition of the cloth crown.

The cloth crown is the ancient system, and the crown ceremony first adds the cloth crown, indicating that the original is not forgotten; It also symbolizes the power of the owner.

Then add Piben, symbolizing that they will intervene in military affairs and have military power, so they are often equipped with swords at the same time;

Sanjia Jueben symbolizes the right to sacrifice, that is, the highest level of social status.

For higher-level nobles, there is one more - "Da Dai Li" cloud: "Four public crowns, three fellow scholars, and a Xuan crown." The Son of Heaven also added four pluses, and then added the crown. ”

The Su family is not a mud ancient school, so it will be flexible - the first scarf, the second hat, and the third hat.

However, the ritual is required, and ten days in advance, divination is performed.

Before returning to Meishan, the divination had been completed in the Jade Bureau Temple, and was personally presided over by Shi Wei's bearded father-in-law's master, Yuan Degong.

Yuan Degong, this is called "Xiaobin", and he is the most honored guest of the ceremony, which is one level higher than the main guest of Shili.

Su You's face was respectful and adoring, but he was doubting that his bearded father-in-law - with the old man's slow swallowing skills, he must be able to control all the hexagrams.

Otherwise, how can hexagrams be so coincidental? Still so good?

On the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, three days before the crown ceremony, Su You congratulated the ancestral hall, this time it was the eighth princess ceremony.

The ancestral hall is full of dipterocarp lingering cigarettes, and the situation of Su oil belongs to "the son of the sect has been lonely and self-crowned", so the chapter is not written on the chapter page, but only written: "A certain will be crowned on a certain day of a certain month, and I would like to take Balabalabala ...... Tell the ancestors before the spirits. ”

After the blessing is completed, it is the ceremony of ordination - that is, to find an executor of the ceremony, that is, the main guest.

Zhengbin is an important figure in Guanli, and Zhengbin of Suyou is of course the old man Long.

On the day of the congratulations, Su You came to the school palace in a deep coat.

The original procedure should be to be a guest of honor, such as daily rituals, tea drinking and other procedures, but Su You is the role of a scholar here, so the old man Long sat with a smile, and Su You served.

Wait until Su You cleans up the kennel-like house again, and respectfully presents the three bubble tables: "Mountain Chief, is it interesting?" ”

Old Man Long smiled and said, "Interesting." There's nothing more fun than watching a child grow up. ”

Su You rolled his eyes: "Everyone else is crowned at the age of fifteen, why am I nine years old?" ”

Old man Long smiled: "You can go to Chengdu, since you can make your own decisions, of course you can be crowned." ”

Su You defended: "It's not that I want to go myself, my cousin took me there, and when I went, I was caught by Mr. Zhang to take the math test, and then used as a child laborer, are you willing to do it?" ”

Long Changqi smiled: "Find me so many things, since you are so worried about state affairs, then don't treat yourself as a child?" Hurry up and perform the ceremony! ”

Su You had no choice but to stand up and bow down: "But Longli Su You, will be crowned at the head, and may the king's teaching." ”

Long Changqi shook his head: "A certain is not sensitive, I am afraid that I can't serve you." Dare to resign. ”

Su You was stupid: "What? ”

Long Changqi glared: "What's what?" How can you show sincerity at one time! ”

Shameless! You forced it!

Su You had no choice but to salute again: "May the king's final teaching." ”

Long Changqi continued to shake his head: "You have a life, and you don't dare to obey." ”

Su You was speechless: "Old man, how many times do you want to make trouble?" ”

Long Changqi said: "It's okay, cook for me, and go back to Kelongli when you're done." ”

Su You asked, "Then do you agree or not?" ”

Long Changqi said: "Not yet, when you send someone to deliver the letter in the second year of junior high school, please again, and I will promise you." ”

"Please don't move you, do you?" Su You pulled up his sleeves - okay, I'll cook obediently!

After cooking, Su You discovered something: "What about Yuanzhen?" I asked you to take care of each other, and you made it like a kennel? ”

Long Changqi was unimpressed: "Don't make trouble!" Yuanzhen is still a child......"

Su You: "......"