Traditional Rites And Modern Conversion

Along with society structure of the construction of the change and market economy country under the rule of law, only depending on law can't build up the social order which modern society needs. Other society control is also essential. At the modern time, the social norms lost the support of traditional culture, presenting the blemish of legitimacy shortage.The Chinese traditional society existed the social control of proprieties-law , proprieties-music and proprieties- Custom. The proprieties is the main social control which create social order in the tradition society. The proprieties is the rule which supports social order. The rank isn't the essence attribute of proprieties. And proprieties can't in brief equal to the person cure or absolute monarchy. At the feudalistic society, the mission of proprieties was supporting the social order which according to social grade. But we can't say that proprieties was completely exsiting for the sake of the guarantee privilege. In earlier days, proprieties in the order emphasize grade honor and duties, but equally emphasize different compulsory on an equal footing of the grade right, but the proprieties in the reality is in everywhere support the privilege of ruling class, the in the interval important reason lay in the politicize of proprieties.On the history, with its special value of order, political and morals ideal, proprieties once was worth of supporting social order. At the contemporary , we still can find out the rationality factor of proprieties, these if appropriate reformed as long as could be used in modern society.Nowadays, when mentioning a society control, people always think of law. but the law isn't the most effect social control. The Confucius speak in more than 2, 000 year ago: " In commanding of people with the politics and punishment, the people obey orders but are shameless: In commanding of people with morals and proprieties, people have good personal. Proprieties and law have the same characteristic which is order. They all pursue order and harmony. In modern times, it is possible to discover the reasonable value of proprieties and make it be a social control methed. The construction of rule of law is complement with the construction of morals. By rite, proprieties can change morals principle into person's behavior norm. It is advantageous to promote whole social morals horizontal, also can make up the moral formation of the country under the rule of law.