A detailed explanation of the "three children" of the sacred amethyst-talking about ceremony

I, Duke Zhou, make a ceremony. Write six officials to save the body.

Big and small, note the Book of Rites. Speak holy words, prepare ceremonies and music.

Before talking about this paragraph, let's continue to talk about the general understanding of the "classics", because I feel that many problems are not mentioned in the article "Six Classics".

As I said earlier when I talked about holiness, there is a strict logical order in holiness, and so is it when I discuss this part of essence. When introducing the Six Classics, Saint Amethyst also followed this logical order. First of all, the Book of Changes is absolutely in the first place in terms of its position as the "head of the group classics" and its all-encompassing content. The Book of Changes reveals the natural laws of the universe. If you understand this, one will no longer be confused and be able to open up wisdom. Next is Shangshu, a history textbook. After learning the principles of the Book of Changes, we should look at and verify them against history and see if these principles are correct in practice. This is the only criterion for testing truth. The third and fourth places are Zhou Li and Li Ji, both of which are "rites", but this "rite" in the pre-Qin period is not what we are talking about now. Our own culture is getting smaller and smaller by ourselves now, and we have lost a lot. In fact, "Rites of Zhou" and "Book of Rites" are all about rules, while "Rites of Zhou" is about political system and national rules. The Book of Rites is about the norms of daily behavior and the principles of being a man. These rules, in our words today, are the so-called constitutional spirit, but the scope of "ceremony" is even bigger than this. So there was another word called "Li" in ancient China. The "San Zi Jing" puts "Li" in this position to tell everyone that if you learn the technology well, don't let others run amok with your technology. You should know the rules, obey the rules, and act according to the rules, so that you can become a saint admired by future generations instead of a traitor and thief who has been notorious for thousands of years. Next in fifth place is The Book of Songs, which is the education of literature and philosophy. A person can only do things, but he has no ability at work. He must also have literary talent and profound thoughts, and he must be able to write wonderful articles to educate all people. The ancients said that a true saint should not only make outstanding contributions before his death, but also benefit the whole world, which depends on the article. The sixth place is Spring and Autumn Annals, including three biographies. Don't take this part as history, it's a historical review. This is not a simple account of historical facts. Including Confucius' view of history, his evaluation of people's behavior at that time focused on how to stand on the road. This part must be put at the end, because only people who are highly rational and truly have the ability of independent analysis can evaluate history and this society. If you don't understand the above five parts and your mind is in a mess, it will be disastrous to judge history and society.

Let's briefly talk about this passage. Zhou Li's summary in San Zi Jing is particularly accurate and refined-"writing about six officials and managing the body" is simply to build an effective government framework and establish a reasonable political system. These six officials are "Tianguan Dazu Zai, local official Da Situ, Xiaguan Fu, Dashikou and Dongguan Dasikong". This framework was used until the end of Qing dynasty, and the six-product official system was inherited from the six-product official system. The corresponding relationship is as follows: "Tianguan in the official department, Diguan in the household department, Guan Chun in the ritual department, Xiaguan in the Ministry of War, Qiu Guan in the Ministry of Punishment and Dongguan in the Ministry of Industry". This is about the governance system of the country.

The Book of Rites really needs further study. Let's put the rest aside. Just saying that the two articles "Da Xue" and "The Doctrine of the Mean" were originally just two single articles in the Book of Rites, which shows the massiness of the book. Here, I will focus on the question of "ceremony". Now we all stay at the level of ceremony, which is superficial, but the real "ceremony" is the rule for a person to settle down and live, and it is the rule for regulating the whole society. Now we often say that a person should be "reasonable". In fact, this "truth" is wrong, and it should be the word "courtesy", which means that people should abide by the rules when communicating with each other. Why not make sense? In fact, there are contradictions between people, so that they are anxious. At that time, everyone was reasonable, but it was based on their own interests. Everyone saw that they were reasonable. As the saying goes, "the public says that the public is right, and the woman says that the woman is right." In the end, everyone was reasonable and screwed up. Therefore, to talk about "courtesy" means to act according to the rules. People get along according to established or mandatory rules, and people and nature also get along according to the rules between heaven and earth. Strictly abide by the rules, even if you suffer some losses, you will resolutely hold that bottom line; No matter how big the interests are, we will not do anything illegal. If we can do this, many problems and contradictions will naturally disappear.

Therefore, it is better to be polite than to be reasonable.

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