Etiquette is sometimes simple and precious. ◎, for example, the large fur worn by the Son of Heaven during the worship of Heaven is not called exposed, there is no need to pretend in front of the father, the Dagui used by the Son of Heaven is not carved in any way, the gravy used as a high-class sacrifice is not seasoned with any seasoning, the main road used to worship the Heaven is simple and unpretentious, only a layer of pu mats is spread on it, the cow-shaped sake bottle is covered with coarse cloth, and the spoon is made only of natural wood.

This is an example of simplicity being precious.

Confucius said: Etiquette cannot be left unexamined.

There are all kinds of rituals, and what should be reduced cannot be increased, and what should be increased cannot be reduced.

That's what it means: pay attention to proportionality.

The reason why the gift is so valuable is that it is deliberately shown off to the outside world.

The morality of the king is carried forward, all things are popularized, and the things he leads are myriad and all-encompassing, like this, can it not be valued by how much Gao Wen?

Therefore, the gentleman is happy to show off to the outside world.

The reason why the rite is precious is that it is intended to express the virtue of the inner slaughter.

The inner virtue has a dense and subtle degree, and there is no one that can match all the items in the world.

Therefore, the gentleman pays special attention to the cultivation of the heart.

The ancient sages not only paid attention to their inner cultivation, but also were willing to show off to the outside world.

Therefore, when the first king made the ceremony, he could not let more than what should be less, and what should be more could not let less, and the goal pursued was to be commensurate.

Therefore, the nobles above the doctor used the prison as a sacrifice, which was commensurate with the status, which was called a joint ceremony; The priest used the prison as a sacrifice, which was not commensurate with his status, and this was called theft.

Guan Zhong was a doctor, but he used a gui (gui) inlaid with jade and a vermilion hat belt, and the dougong of the room for people to live in was carved with mountain patterns, and the short pillars on the beams were carved with water plants.

Yan Zi of Qi is also a doctor, the pig's trotters he used to worship his ancestors are too small, not even a flat bowl, wearing washed old clothes and hats to go to the army, the gentleman thinks this is stingy, not in line with the identity of the doctor.

Therefore, the gentleman should not be imprudent.

Because etiquette is a discipline that regulates people's lives, if the discipline is scattered, then people's lives will be chaotic.

Confucius said: As a person who knows etiquette, he will win the battle and be blessed in sacrifice, because he has deeply understood the principle that etiquette should be commensurate.

The gentleman said: The original intention of the sacrifice is to think of relatives, not to pray for blessings; Sacrifices have a certain amount of time, and it cannot be said that it is good to hold them in advance; The ceremonial jade silk used in the sacrifice has a certain specification, and it cannot be blindly pursued tall; It is appropriate to hold a crown ceremony and sacrifice to the ancestors, but there is no need to make a separate sacrifice for this purpose; The sacrifices used in the sacrifice must not all be fat, nor should the tributes all be in quantity.

Confucius said: How can Zang Wenzhong be said to be a person who understands etiquette?

Xia's father, Fu Qi (qi), reversed the order of the temple sacrifices, and he, as the patriarch of the Four Dynasties, did not stop him.

Moreover, it is not enough to hold a burnt wood sacrifice in front of the god of the stove.

You must know that the god of the stove is an old woman who invented the cooking utensils, and when worshipping the god of the stove, you only need to put the tribute in the basin and the wine in the bottle.

The so-called rite is like the human body.

If there is a physical defect, the gentleman calls him disabled.

If not used properly, it is like having a disability.

Rites are sometimes expensive to be large and more, sometimes small to be less, sometimes high to be precious, and sometimes to be below the plain.

Those who are large and many are not allowed to be reduced casually, those who are small and few are not allowed to be increased casually, those who are high and those who are expensive cannot be covered up casually, and those who are below the prime can not be decorated and heightened casually.

Therefore, although there are 300 outlines of rites and 3,000 detailed rules of rites, they all pursue a word of sincerity.

It's like a man coming into a house without divination through the door.

A gentleman's attitude towards etiquette is sometimes expressed through the noble and noble, and sometimes the sincerity is expressed through the noble and noble lines.

When a gentleman makes a specific salute, sometimes he lets his feelings go undisguised, sometimes he obeys his emotions to reason, sometimes he does not distinguish between high and low, and the top and bottom are the same, sometimes he decreases the number of rites in order, sometimes he takes things from above and gives them to the bottom, sometimes he raises the specifications according to reasoning, sometimes he imitates heaven and earth and decorates them to the extreme, sometimes he imitates heaven and earth and has limited ornamentation, and sometimes he does not commit taboos when he adopts the etiquette of noble people.

The rituals of the three dynasties of the Xia and Shang dynasties all run through a word of sincerity, which the people follow together.

From the form of advocating black, some advocating white, the Xia Dynasty began to be founded, and the Yin Dynasty had something to follow.

For example, in the process of sacrifice, in the Xia Dynasty corpse room is standing, in the Yin Dynasty is sitting, and the Zhou Dynasty corpse is also sitting in the room, and all the people who assist the sacrifice can tell the corpse how to maintain its prestige and persuade the corpse to eat and drink, and there is no fixed candidate, this kind of etiquette is learned from the Yin Dynasty, and even the way of sincerity is the same.

However, in the Zhou Dynasty, there was a ceremony in which the six corpses persuaded each other to drink in turn, which was not available in the Yin Dynasty.

So Zeng Zi said: The six corpses of the Zhou Dynasty persuaded each other to drink, just like everyone pooled money to drink.

Ancient philosophers once said: It is not the noblest sacrifice to use something close to modern human feelings as a sacrifice.

For example, the supreme heaven is sacrificed with the blood of animals, the ancestors and ancestors are sacrificed with raw meat, the shrine is sacrificed with half-cooked meat, and the small ghosts and gods are sacrificed with cooked meat.

Cooked meat is a sacrifice close to today's human feelings, but it is not noble.

The noblest of all is the blood.

Therefore, the gentleman is not impulsive to express his respect for etiquette, and the second is to imitate the ancients.

Therefore, when the kings of the two countries meet, the guest and the host must each arrange seven retinues to pass the word, otherwise it will be too simple; The guest has to express to the host three times that he is afraid to be, and the host has to let the guest enter first three times before entering the hall, otherwise it will be too hasty.

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