Lin Fang asked the book of the ceremony, and the son said, "Dazai asks!" Etiquette, rather than extravagance, rather frugality; funeral, and its easy also, Ning Qi. ”
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Lin Fang asked about the purpose of etiquette, and Confucius said, "The questions you ask are very important! In terms of etiquette, rather than being excessively extravagant, it is better to be simple and insufficient; when doing funerals, it is better to be sad and excessive. ”
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The purpose of the ceremony is to require people to do things in moderation. As far as funerals are concerned, if there is a lot of extravagance in order to fulfill filial piety, it is "luxury". If you have money and don't spend it, and make the funeral very simple, it is "thrifty". If you don't mourn when you do funerals, it's "easy", that is, obvious filial piety. If you mourn excessively during a funeral, or even fall ill or die, it is "qi", which is called mourning devastation. "Etiquette and Funeral Dress Four Systems": "Destruction is indestructible, and it is not to die or injure life." "That's the case. The purpose of filial piety is to satisfy the parents, and the occurrence of extravagance and mourning is not in accordance with the wishes of the parents, so filial piety should not be counted. In the face of the standard of etiquette, luxury, frugality, ease, and qi are not passed.
Although "luxury" and "frugality" are not advisable, "luxury" will hurt the people and money, and the harm is greater than that of "frugality", so it is advocated to prefer frugality rather than luxury. Although "Easy" and "Qi" are not advisable, "Easy" is an open filial piety, and the starting point of "Qi" is filial piety, so it is not easy to advocate Ning Qi. Although they are not polite, the degree of disrespect is light and heavy.
Etiquette is mainly formulated for people with economic execution ability, and its goal is often to emphasize its upper limit, in order to limit the rich people from being arrogant and arrogant, or squandering and selling fame and reputation, which is the purpose of etiquette.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, people had destroyed the spirit of the ceremony, but they used the provisions of the ceremony to opportunistically. Lin Fang paid attention to the purpose of the ceremony, which is of course invaluable, so it was highly affirmed by Confucius.
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