| Chu Hsi is a master of rituals.The study of Chu Hsi ’s rituals has always been the focus of academic discussion and attention." Family Etiquette" is the most influential and most accepted in Chu Hsi ’s ritual works,which establishes the norms of daily behavior etiquette of later generations.On the basis of inheriting the traditional Confucian ritual thought,Chu Hsi conformed to the changes in the development of the Song Dynasty ’s thought,combined with the characteristics of the cosmology,the theory of human cultivation and the view of practice at that time,and took ’ Li ’ as the metaphysical basis of "Family Etiquette".Concerned about practical practice,the personnel ritual of " Family Etiquette" is up to heaven.It not only pays attention to the standardization of ritual,but also pays attention to the ontology of ritual.The way to connect the two is ’ Jing ’.Chu Hsi deeply recognizes the basic role of the family in the constrution of social etiquette.’ Jimg ’ is the core category of " Family Etiqutte".Every communication,crown,faint,funeral and sacrificial rites can not be separated from the sincerity and respect of the human heart.’ Jing ’ is to cultivate one ’s morality through self-study and self-cultivation."Family Etiquette" includes etiquette,righteousness and ethics in the moral training and communication of family etiquette,and builds a good family ethics model on the basis of ensuring personal moraln education." Family Etiquette" has the mark of the particularity of the background at that time,but the spiritual connotation and value pursuit of transcendence,in different time and space and historical conditions,are full of strong vitality,and promote the inheritance and innovation of the content of " Family Etiquette" in later generations. |
