It means that mortals are close to their relatives. Because they are close to their relatives, they respect their ancestors. Because they respect their ancestors, they respect their ancestors. Because they respect their ancestors, they gather people of the same clan together. Because People of the same clan gather together, so there is a strict ancestral temple system, and there is a strict ancestral temple system, so there is respect from the country, so it emphasizes the patriarchal blood relationship.
From - "Book of Rites·Da Zhuan" by Dai Sheng of the Western Han Dynasty.
Original text: Humanity is a close relative. To be close to relatives, we respect our ancestors; to respect our ancestors, we respect our ancestors; to respect our ancestors, we collect clans; to collect clans, we maintain strict ancestral temples.
The "Book of Rites", also known as "The Book of Rites of Xiao Dai" and "The Book of Xiao Dai", was written in the Han Dynasty and compiled by Dai Shengsuo, a ritual scholar in the Western Han Dynasty. "Book of Rites" is an important anthology of laws and regulations in ancient China, with 49 chapters in twenty volumes. The content of the book mainly describes the etiquette system of the pre-Qin Dynasty, and embodies the philosophical thoughts of the pre-Qin Confucians (such as the view of heaven, the view of the universe, outlook on life).
Educational thoughts (such as personal self-cultivation, education system, teaching methods, school management), political thoughts (such as the use of education to transform politics, Datong society, etiquette and criminal law), aesthetic thoughts (such as the theory of things moving and the heart feeling, Theory of Harmony in Rites and Music) is an important material for the study of pre-Qin society and a collection of materials on Confucianism.
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About the author
Dai Sheng (date of birth and death unknown), courtesy name Cijun, was born in Liangguosu County (today's Minquan County, Shangqiu, Henan Province) ), born in Suiyang, Liang State (now Suiyang District, Shangqiu City, Henan Province). Officials, scholars, etiquette experts in the Western Han Dynasty, and the founder of modern classics in the Han Dynasty. Later generations called him "Xiao Dai". ?
Dai Sheng and his uncle Dade once followed Hou Cang to learn "Li", and they were collectively called "Big and Little Dai" by later generations. During the reign of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, Dai Sheng participated in discussions at Shiqu Pavilion as a doctor and became the prefect of Jiujiang.
His works include "The Book of Rites" (one of the Confucian classics), which is said to be the sacred edition of "Xiao Dai's Book of Rites". "Hanshu" records that it was written in the seventh year of the founding of the Han Dynasty (80 years).
In the third year of Xianchun (1267), Zhao Yu, Duzong of the Song Dynasty, named Dai Sheng "Kaocheng Bo" based on his place of birth.
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