从季氏八佾舞于庭谈礼的政治性

political Features of Li from Ji's Dance at the Court

周礼是在原始宗教祭祀活动的基础上形成的一套贵贱有别、尊卑相序的等级严明的礼仪体系。它强调等级,从根本上维护阶级社会的政治统治。而季氏八佾舞于庭之类越礼之事的频频发生,表明礼的等级制度已受到破坏,它所维护的政治秩序被打乱,礼崩乐坏预示着政治的变革。

Ceremony of Zhou Dynasty is a set of different and strict etiquette system formed on the basis of the religious sacrificial activities. It emphasizes the rank and maintains the political rules of the class society fundamentally. But incidents that broke the rules happened frequently. It showed that the hierarchy of the ritual system has been damaged,the political order is destroyed,and the propriety disintegration indicates the coming political changes.