Study Of Confucian Ritual And Its Modern Value

China is an ancient civilization, which be known as the nation of the ritual in the word. Through the development of human history, ritual has become a behavior through the gradual accumulation, and become an indispensable part of social life. In this regard, Confucianism made a significant contribution. Therefore, it is the objective and important task for scholars to study Confucian ritual, mine its inner spirit, norms and structure for the people today.The dissertation has six parts. In the introduction, the dissertation reviews the search Status of the Confucian ritual, and makes a brief summary of the Confucian ritual. In the second part, the dissertation discusses the spirit of Confucian ritual. It is the key section of this paper. This dissertation analyzes the nature of Confucian ritual through its phenomenon, and summarizes the spirit of Confucian ritual as "benevolence", "courtesy", "honesty" and "respect". In the third and fourth parts, the dissertation discusses the norms and structure of Confucian ritual, and explores the Confucian ritual comprehensively and systematically. The study of the norms discusses the criterion of Conduct and institution; The study of the structure discusses Confucian ritual from "human relations as the center" and "political as the center". In the last two parts, the dissertation discusses the modern value of Confucian ritual and the implications of Quality Education for the college students. It is to absorb the essence of Confucian ceremony for the people today. Of society, Confucian ritual is the institutional safeguard to govern the country, ensure social stability and promote social development. For individuals, Confucian ritual is the standard to define "man as man" and the means of shaping the perfect personality. Therefore, we should inherit the essence of the Confucian ritual critically, and to integrate the essence into Quality Education. It will not only help to improve the quality of civilized manners for the college students, but also have the important theoretical and practical value for the construction of socialist spiritual civilization.