The Ritual Jade Of The Zhou Dynasty And The Cultivation Of "gentlemen"

In the beginning of the Western Zhou Dynasty,Zhou Gong made merry in making music,and formed a relatively complete system of music.Because of widely used in the political activities of sacrificial music,it is called "the ritual jade".Gentlemen are the outstanding representatives of the aristocracy in Zhou Dynasty,who accept strict and special ritual education,and then undertake the political mission of running the country.Jade carries the mission of "positive people",and the ritual jade puts the order of power into the spiritual structure of gentlemen.They are both the beneficiaries of ritual and musical culture,but also the keepers and inheritors of it.The ritual jade melt in the heart,where gentlemen with jade love,so are the inter-clan emotional lubricant of the room and family.lt is a process of spiritual evolution and spiritual growth that a gentleman’s personality is the manifestation of his spiritual world outward projection.Under the lead of ritual jade spirit,nobles in Zhou Dynasty understand music,show virtue and expensive jade.The gentlemen show the gentle and elegant artistic culture in the yan treats.They take on dignified and neutral for the virtuous in the temple.The ritual jade is not only the symbol of the rank,but also the symbol of the political personality of the aristocracy in Zhou Dynasty."The ritual jade age" has already gone,and the jade system also exist,but of an ancient jade "complex" kept infiltrates the hearts of the Chinese nation,the gentleman personality also to indicate the direction of the spiritual world today.