Of course I understand "propriety", and I may be the person who understands "property" best in the contemporary era except Zhou Dynasty Duke Yin.
That is because I have been the guardian of the history of the collection room for a very long time, and I can check the classics in the collection room anytime and anywhere.
Zhou Li is the foundation of the Zhou royal family. It was first created by Jichang, King Wen of Zhou Dynasty, and was later improved and carried forward by Zhou Gongdan.
To use more professional terms, the rise of the Zhou Dynasty is called Zhou Rites, and its rules are established through the method of patriarchal clan.
What does it mean? It means that the Zhou royal family created etiquette and law as the foundation of their rule, and then used the enfeoffment system to ensure that their rule was stable.
To put it bluntly, the patriarchal system is a system of enfeoffment. At the beginning, there were more than 3,000 feudal states. Later, the number of feudal states became smaller and smaller after the annexation of princes. Some princely states were destroyed at the hands of foreigners.
There are not many vassal states that still cling to the Zhou rites and patriarchal clan, and Lu is the most persistent among them.
Why was the State of Lu so insistent? The reason was that the State of Lu was a direct descendant of Zhou Gongdan. The reason they were able to establish a state was that the Zhou royal family went back on their word and slandered Emperor Xin's son Wu Geng for rebellion, and conveniently destroyed the State of Yan during the Eastern Expedition.
At that time, Zhou Gongdan was granted a title in his hometown of the State of Yan. Since Zhou Gongdan wanted to stay in Haojing to assist the Emperor of Zhou, he asked his eldest son Boqin to take up the post on his behalf. He established the State of Lu using the title of "Lu" from the original land of Duke Zhou, and established the capital "Qufu".
The Lu State has not been known for its strong military force since its founding. At the beginning, it was adjacent to many foreign countries of the Dongyi system. It could only rely on its status as a direct descendant of Zhou Gongdan to frequently mobilize the feudal princes of the Zhou royal family to help when it encountered danger.
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Nowadays, the general trend of the world has been changing again and again, and it can be regarded as being in a stage of change. Some princes still adhere to Zhou rites, while more countries no longer take Zhou rites seriously.
Confucius served as an official in the State of Lu, and the State of Lu was such a special country. If a non-public family wanted to compete with the Sanhuan who came from a public family, they naturally needed to control the interpretation of "rituals" and use their great names to suppress the Sanhuan.
"Etiquette is the most important thing, and Yao thinks it is very important." Zhiyao said.
Isn't it that the difference between humans and other creatures is due to their ability to restrain their instinctive drives? And the existence of "rituals" naturally plays a great role in distinguishing humans from animals.
Zhiyao definitely doesn't want to cultivate a group of ruthless people, otherwise she won't be able to get help from them and will be tricked again and again.
When Confucius saw Zhiyao agreeing, he suddenly became very excited.
However, the etiquette that Zhiyao pursues and the etiquette that Confucius wants to master are really not the same thing.
Next came the communication time between Confucius and Lao Tzu. The two sides had a heart-to-heart talk about what "ritual" is.
In Confucius' view, etiquette is the foundation of a country, and he put forward the views that "rituals come from the heart" and "provisions are made with etiquette".
So, how can anyone who understands the situation in Lu not understand that what Confucius wanted was the right to interpret "rituals" and use "rituals" as weapons to realize his political ambitions.
Being able to hear the conversations of the sages with her own eyes and ears, Zhiyao felt that she had peeked into some of the fog of history and understood more about the background of the creation of the doctrine.
"So this is where Confucian 'ritual' comes from?" Zhiyao thought to herself.
Of course Laozi knew what Confucius wanted to do, but the emergence of Zhou Rites itself was to formulate a binding rule for society.
We talked at noon and into the evening.
It is a great honor to be able to listen to learned people discussing without anyone leaving in advance, and to be able to occasionally interject a word or two.
Zhiyao listened the whole time, looked at the sky, stood up, walked to the side and ordered: "Get some food."
Then you have to run away.
Food needs to be delivered here from Lao Zhi's property in "Luoyi", which takes at least two quarters of an hour.
Zhiyao ordered his servants to set up a formation nearby, such as placing some stoves and grills, taking out some cooking utensils, and then bringing in charcoal.
When everyone saw Zhiyao's actions, they just watched without interfering.
Most of them are nobles, and in terms of rank, no one is more noble than Zhiyao. Not to mention Zhiyao seems to be tinkering with the dinner, even if they take off their pants and urinate on the spot, they can only
Staring.
Slowly, Laozi and Confucius stopped talking, and they and the other six people quietly watched Zhiyao directing people busy.
A servant of Lao Zhi's family had already lit a bonfire. Since there was smoke when lighting the fire, "Zao" brought people over in an aggressive manner. When he heard that the smoke here was caused by the Zhi family of Jin, he smiled apologetically and asked if he wanted to help. No.
If you need help, leave in despair.
That "Zao" is the petty official, and the "阍" who came with him just now. The "阍" is actually the soldier guarding the city, and the "阍人" is the palace gate guard.
Not the Zhi family of the Jin Dynasty, but anyone else who dared to create such thick smoke in the city would have to be fined, and the severe punishment would be to be arrested and whipped in public.
Confucius, who witnessed that scene, wanted to say something, but he didn't dare.
Maintaining the law is itself a part of "ritual". If you encounter someone you can't offend, instead of doing anything, you will break the law and break the law. If it is not a manifestation of the collapse of etiquette, what is it?
Of course, Zhiyao didn't break the law, at most she just ignored the unspoken rules.
Since there are thatched houses everywhere, fires cannot be lit randomly in the city, lest sparks are blown everywhere by the wind and cause fires, causing fires and the like. This is a general rule in any city.
Youzhi's servants brought some clay pots and many food boxes.
The clay pot contains soup, and the food box contains some prepared meat.
At present, beef is the most expensive meat. Let alone ordinary people, even nobles cannot eat beef a few times a year. Then there is mutton. Other meats are not considered mainstream meat. In addition, offal are not eaten at present.
How can you kill cows for meat? Even in the late Spring and Autumn Period, the livestock power used for farming in the Central Plains countries was still horses, that is, horses pulled plows. On the contrary, the Chu State used cattle to pull plows because of the abundant paddy fields.
So, it’s not that cows cannot be slaughtered, it’s just that more people use cows to pull carts because they think they are useful large animals and don’t easily kill them for meat.
Because there were no counters prepared here in advance, Zhiyao just ordered some to be brought here. After the counters and tableware were placed, the dishes began to be served.
The clay pots were distributed one after another, and when the seals were opened, a very rich fragrance came out.
"Yokan has a stem, so what's the stem?" Confucius felt very happy to be able to eat mutton soup, especially since it didn't smell too strong of mutton, but instead had a vegetable aroma.
The staple food was also distributed one by one. There were chestnuts on top of the millet and rice, which smelled very fragrant and made people appetizing just by smelling them.
Then came some beef and mutton that had been roasting for a long time, and even fried steak and stewed lamb chops.
Confucius knew what vegetables were in the yokan, they were obviously wild vegetables!
He was engaged in the business of teaching without discrimination, and his children went to the Confucius family to study and ate the food of the old Confucius family. This made his wife, Qi Guanshi, extremely unhappy and caused trouble more than once.
Because there were too many people and too many people to eat, didn't the old Kong family have to find ways to get food? So they often went to the wild to look for wild vegetables, and they were very familiar with the taste of wild vegetables.
Of course, there are many kinds of wild vegetables. The wild vegetables in the mutton soup are called bracken, and they are also called fist vegetables. If eaten in large quantities, they will be poisonous. However, if you eat them occasionally, they are still very tasty.
Because there was so much meat, there was even a barbecue nearby, making the place filled with the aroma of meat.
When I saw Zhiyao sitting down again, I asked with a troubled face: "It's expensive, why do you ask for it?"
Who are they and who is Zhiyao? The gap in status is really too big.
Nowadays, there is no such saying as "Being courteous to others must ask for something". It is not only the young who should understand the ways of the world.
Zhiyao said: "Danzi has learned a lot, and he often travels around the world. Yao invited Danzi to go to Jin and stay at my house for a long time?"
This is true. Even though I am seventy years old, I still run around all day long. I only went to Qin several times.
The reputation of the Qin State among the princes is very bad. I am even willing to go to the Qin State. If someone from the direct bloodline of the Zhi family invites me to go to the Jin State, I should not refuse if I am forced to do so.
The others looked envious of Zhiyao for putting on such a show to invite me, but I was very distressed.
"What I learned is not suitable for Jin, this..." I know a lot of things, and every kind of knowledge presented is not what Jin pursues.
The Jin State pursued only two pursuits of military fruitism, one was production and the other was force, and the others were secondary. It can even be said that there is no difference between having and not having them.
"Learning is knowledge, learning and knowing is the most important thing!" Zhiyao actually knew that I was a master in 'management', but I didn't even know it myself.
However, I really don’t want to go to the Jin State because he hates all kinds of conquests, and it is certainly difficult for him to like the Jin State, which has repeatedly resorted to force against other countries to maintain its hegemony.
Moreover, I also have a great ambition, that is, I want to discover that the Qin State can do a lot, and I want to do the great work of "converting the barbarians", and teach the Qin people to understand the barbarians who have transformed them, and even the Qin people themselves.
I, who didn’t want to go to the Jin Kingdom, saw that Zhiyao was very sincere and was in such a big position today. He declined unsuccessfully, so he could only reluctantly agree, but what he thought was: "I will go for a while and then leave again."