Rite And Ethic Of Feasting And Drinking Poetry In The Book Of Odes

The Book of Odes is the most important book of poems in ancient china, it contains the life of politic, economic, culture, society and the religion.it describe the life among the monarch and the minister, among the relatives, and among the close friends. Which also show the value of rite and ethic of the Zhou Dynasty people.The thesis discus rite and ethic of Feasting and Drinking Poetry in the Book of Odes from5parts:Part one:serves as the introduction, reviews the research work from ancient time until now.Part two:demonstrates the identification, the purpose of the writing, and the characteristic of Feasting and Drinking Poetry in the Book of Odes. Based on the contents of the poetry, it divided into two categories:the sacrificial feast poetry and the secular feast poetry.Part tree:the rites that showed in the Feasting and Drinking Poetry in the Book of Odes. The Feasting and Drinking Poetry was come out after the ritual and musical system, this paper will discuss the private drinking ritual, the sacrificial ritual and the shooting ritual during the Feasting and Drinking.Part four:Ethics which were contain in the rites that showed in the Feasting and Drinking Poetry in the Book of Odes. Feasting and Drinking Poetry was one of the cultural systems of Zhou Dynasty, which contains deep ethical and moral consciousness.Part five:the influence for the contemporary age. Although the Feasting and Drinking Poetry in the Book of Odes was came out for thousands years, the values of traditional ethics it contained can still be used.The value of moral, filial piety and harmonious during the feasting and drinking have a positive reference for the present society...