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As confucius stated that ultime reality is beyond human comprehension ,there is no sense of sacred time outside of ordinary time .confucious was a gerat supporter of ritual,as he felt that ritual solidified human social bonds ;thus ,in a sense ,ritual sacralized ordinary time and daily life . ????? As kongzi stated that ultime reality is beyond human comprehension ,there is no sense of? sacred time outside of ordinary time .Kongzi was a great supporter of li (ritual) ,as he felt that ritual solidified human social bonds;thus ,in a sense ,ritual sacralized ordinary time and daily life .For Kongzi ,rigorous attention? to li provides a kind of self-repllicating blueprint ont only for good manners and taste ,but also for personal morality and social order . ???? Do not look at ,do not listen to ,do not speak of? ,do not? do whatever is contary to ritual (Lunyu 12:1). ???? Appropriately quoting a poem from the Shijing ,being the perfect guest or host ,and correctly performing a public ceremony all are ritual actions ,and all serve a common end :they regulate and maintain order .The nature of this order is three fold :aesthetic ,moral ,and social .It is aesthetic--quoting the Shijing uphoulds the cultural hegemony of Zhou literature and the conventions of elite good taste .Moerer ,its moral --good manners demostrate both concern for others and a sense of ones place .Finally ,it is social --rituals propely performed duplicated ideal hierarchies of power ,whether between ruler and subject ,parent and child ,or husband and wife .For Kongzi ,the paramount?example of?harmonious social order seems to be xiao (filial piety ),of which jing (reverence) is the key quality : ??? Observe what a person has in mind to do when his father is alive ,and then observe what he does when his father is dead .If ,for three years ,he makes no changes to his fathers ways ,he can be said to be a good son (Lunyu 1:11). [The disciple] Ziyu asked about filial piety .[Kongzi] said ,nowadays ,for a per