《礼记注疏长编》序

The Preface of Wang E's Liji Zhushu Changbian(The Completed Collection of the Annotations and Comments on the Book of Liji)

孔子曰:“民之所由生,礼为大。”(《礼记?哀公问》)人类从蒙昧至文明,礼仪乃第一缕曙光,先秦诸子多有论述,至现代英国考古学家丹尼尔《最初文明:文明起源之考古学》所倡言,全世界遂笃信为文明之标志也。《荀子?劝学》论礼曰:礼者,法之大分,类之纲纪也。故学至乎《礼》而止矣。夫是之谓道德之极。