A Study On The Ethical Thoughts Of Ritual System In Zhou Dynasty

The Zhou Dynasty ritual system is not only the state's ceremonial system,but also the people's etiquette norms in their social life.The ethical order embodied in it determined the early ethical form of China.The Zhou Dynasty ritual system is characterized by the harmony between ritual and music,the ritual carries out the enlightenment by the music.Its ethical principles deeply influenced the traditional Chinese ethics,especially the formation of Confucian ethics in the pre-Qin period.The "ritual" originated from the primitive religion.The Zhou Dynasty ritual system was based on the Xia dynasty and Shang dynasty rituals.Because of the drastic transformation in the period of transition from Shang dynasty to Zhou dynasty,the mystery and religious elements of "ritual gradually diluted,and the rationalization characteristics gradually became prominent,and then developed into a completely new norm and regulation.The Zhou Dynasty ritual formed in this context is a complex structure of politics,ethics and religion.Zhou Li goes deep into all aspects of social life,reaching funeral,sacrificial rites,shooting ceremony,royal ceremony,initiation rites,wedding,pilgrimages,diplomatic ceremony,etc.,covering politics,Ethics and religion,and ethics has become an important dimension of this structure.Also,in this process,the ethical concept of Zhou dynasty has changed from the ideological change of Xia dynasty and Shang dynasty.This same construction makes the Zhou Dynasty ritual show a clear ethical order:the ethical principles of respect and respect,the ethical characteristics of the combination of reason and sensibility,and the ethical world of ritual and music.This ethical order constituted an early Chinese ethical form and has become the spiritual essence of Chinese traditional ethics,especially Confucian ethics.On the one hand,because its single structure combined politics,ethics and religion,the ritual system of the Zhou Dynasty,had rational and religious and mysterious coexistence,and intertwined with emotion,reason and law,which has inherent defects in structure.On the other hand,the awakening of the humanity caused by the "ritual" of the Zhou Dynasty is different from the "ritual" of Xia Shang,which brought ethical enlightenment to the early Chinese society.The rituals and inclinations reflected in this ethical enlightenment highlight the Zhou people's vision of ethical relationship between themselves and the world.This value pursuit has significant reference for today's ethical construction and moral construction.