The Culture Of Rites And Music And The Secular Life Of Aristocrats In Zhou Dynasty

"Book of rites · ritual instruments" says: "three hundred scriptures and three thousand Qu rites." In the rites and music culture of the Zhou Dynasty,there were not only major ceremonial activities such as sacrifice,diplomacy,funeral,court employment and banquet,but also small rituals that everyone should abide by in daily life,it is these small rituals that regulate people's behavior and are an important embodiment of shaping the image of a gentleman in the Zhou Dynasty.In daily life,the purpose and function of rites and music culture is to use the combination of the internal spirit and external order of rites and music to educate people,so as to complete the personality shaping of elegant gentlemen.In the spring and Autumn period,the ritual and music culture evolved the function of moral education and enlightenment.The "self denial and return to rites" advocated by Confucius is no longer the completely unchanged rites and music system of the Western Zhou Dynasty,but brings the trivial secular life into the category of rites and music culture.Together with the gentleman's personality,rites and music culture began to move from the grand history to the simple daily social life.This paper corroborates and examines the literature used in the secular life of the aristocrats in the Zhou Dynasty from the four dimensions of diet,daily life,education and maintenance.The first chapter is teaching.First of all,by combing the relevant contents of the educational official system,we investigate whether it is " Rites do not extend to the common peple".The second is the ritual restoration of education related rituals,which is divided into memorial ceremony and vegetable ceremony.The nobles of the Zhou Dynasty received the education of rites and music from the beginning of their birth.Including the specific contents of Sinology education and Township Education.In the process of "prospering in poetry,being conducive to etiquette and being successful in music",it shaped the gentleman personality of the nobility of the Zhou Dynasty.The second chapter is diet.By combing the relevant contents of food officials in the Zhou Dynasty,this paper explores the recipes of aristocrats in the Zhou Dynasty.Investigate the eating habits,eating norms and eating etiquette of the aristocrats in the Zhou Dynasty.The banquet life of the aristocrats of the Zhou Dynasty was presented through the restoration of catering etiquette such as banquet ceremony,Yan ceremony and food ceremony,It can be summarized as follows: the feast ceremony is to teach courtesy and thrift,the Yan ceremony is to show kindness,the food ceremony is to cultivate talents,and the township drinking ceremony is to respect elders.On the elegant demeanor of the nobility in the spring and Autumn period from "ritual poetry" to "poetry expressing ambition".The third chapter is daily life.The daily officials are mainly female officials and near attendants.By combing the relevant contents of daily officials,this paper investigates the daily life of the aristocrats in the Zhou Dynasty.In detail,walking,sitting and lying are the most common and basic manners in the aristocratic life of the Zhou Dynasty.They show their aristocratic temperament with their hands and feet.They not only regulate their behavior through etiquette,but also practice the goal of being polite and upright through behavior.The daily life of Zhou people is mainly managed by women,which combs and restores women's adult rites and weddings.The women's education of noble women in the Zhou Dynasty is an important part of their family daily life.The education received by noble women in the Zhou Dynasty before and after marriage is mainly about women's words,women's appearance,women's merit and women's morality.The purpose is to do a good job in women's work and serve the patriarchal society.The fourth chapter is provide for the aged.This paper combs the senior pension officials of the Zhou Dynasty,and discusses the main contents of the government pension of the Zhou Dynasty.In the Zhou Dynasty,the elderly were respected and provided for by virtue.Filial piety in the Zhou Dynasty was not only advocated by noble families,but also promoted filial piety to the height of loyalty to the king,so as to form a national management system of filial piety and loyalty to the king,which has long occupied a dominant position in Chinese history.