Poetry, Ritual and Happiness

Confucius said: Prosperity lies in poetry, standing in ceremony and enjoying it. Confucius said: "(Man's cultivation) begins with learning poetry, ends with learning ceremony and ends with learning music."

Broadly speaking, people's cultivation begins with learning poetry, ends with learning ceremony and ends with learning music. Confucianism believes that poetry, ceremony and music are the basis of educating people, or three carriers and means, which must be used well. Therefore, "based on poetry, based on ceremony, happy to be happy" can be described as a summary of Confucian educational thought, and further, it can be attributed to aesthetic education thought.

This seems to be the preliminary evidence that Confucius praised music. It is the foundation of social and economic development. From primitive society to slave society to feudal society and then to capitalist society, it is all because of the material "surplus" in the development of productive forces. The nature, value, quantity and ownership of these "surpluses" determine the change of social form. Material base influences ideology. People's cultivation begins with learning poetry, ends with learning ceremony and ends with learning music. What are you talking about? Adequate food and clothing, leisure and leisure, elegant poetry, the so-called "arty", came to the first place. Warehouse, know honor and disgrace, know etiquette, and be standardized. The so-called "gentleman's humility" went to the second floor. After leisure, I started a model couplet, and singing and dancing all rose to a higher level. Peace and prosperity, the so-called "farewell." For example, A Bing, a blind man, was down and out begging after the third grade, and "happiness" was the purpose of his life, and "happiness" was the highest realm.

What you said is hard to understand. I don't know what to do or what to say if I have the heart. Get rid of interests, find like-minded, relax, be interested in poetry, stand in the ceremony and be happy. A perfect life, what else can a husband ask for?