The Indoctrination Idea of"Hiding Rituals in Objects"in the Traditional Confucian
In traditional Confucian ethical thinking,"hiding rituals in objects"is a unique path of moral education through objects.In contrast to modern moral education,in which moral meanings are generally clarified through speech and analysis,"hiding rituals in objects"allows abstract morality to be presented as palpable objects by incorporating"rites"when people are immersed in a field of moral education co-constructed by rituals and music.The wordless teachings conveyed by objects gradually make them not only aspire to but also emulate the associated rituals.In this way,they could internalize external moral norms into the wisdom of virtue in the body.As the"hiding rituals in objects"path of moral education prevails in everyday life,everyone can determine their own way of practicing the rituals according to the actual situation.Accordingly,moral education activities no longer adhere to studying to seek the truth,which emphasizes thinking and analyzing.Instead,what matters is studying to become a superior person through thinking and discerning to the study of"learning from above to reach for below."In view of the effectiveness of the aforementioned,clarifying the rich connotations,mechanisms,and purposes of object-based moral education in traditional Confucian thinking and the field and scale of its application may provide a lesson for contemporary moral education,or even explore rich ideological resources for the construction of an autonomous moral education knowledge system in China.
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