1. The rules of propriety may be used as an instrument to form mans characters and make man perfect. A perfect man shows that he is with moral character to perfection. The rules make man remove perversity and increase beautiful nature. Words and actions d...[继续阅读]

    1. He who wears the three-year mourning for his father ties a hempen band on his head. If he wears the mourning dress for his mother, he also does the same. After the body was put into the coffin, he should change his hempen band for cincture. A woman wea...[继续阅读]

    1. When ones illness is serious, the house inside and outside should be swept and cleaned. If a sovereign or the minister is ill, both bells and stones suspended should be removed. If an officer is ill, the stringed musical instruments should be removed. ...[继续阅读]

    1. The kings crown was made by twelve colored strings of jade beads hanging down from the top before and behind. When the king went to offer a sacrifice in his ancestral temple, he should put on his court rope with a figure of long embroidered on it and h...[继续阅读]

    1. It was told that the ancient went to visit a junzi or an official in a high position at first, he would say,“I am willing to tell my mean name to the one who gives his order to you.” He could not say to the host directly. If the visitor and the host we...[继续阅读]

    1. In ancient time the king of Zhou set up an office in charge of the eldest sons of the state princes, ministers, officials and officers, who were as their fathers assistants. He managed the orders about them and education for them, arranged them who is ...[继续阅读]

    1. The offering of heaven in the outskirts should use one calf, and of the gods of both land and grain should use three victims: ox, sheep and pig. When the king went on his inspecting tours to the prince-state, its sovereign would kill one calf to feast ...[继续阅读]

    1. The way of the Great Learning is to show and develop the peoples bright virtue of beauty and goodness within, and make clear away with outmoded conventions and practices, try to make the people with new ideas, and finally reach the highest realm of vir...[继续阅读]

    1. In the past Kong Qiu took part in a sacrifice held in the twelfth month each year and was treated as a guest. After that he went out and climbed the arch over a gateway for going sightseeing with a sigh. Ziyou was by his side and asked him,“What makes ...[继续阅读]