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The Analects – Chapter 46 (3.6). Rebuke of ritual usurpation at Mount Tai
3.6 The head of the Ji family was going to make the offerings on Mount Tai. Confucius said to Ran Qiu, “Cannot you save him from this?” Ran Qiu replied, “I cannot.” Confucius said, “Alas, we can hardly suppose Mount Tai to be ignorant of matters that even Lin Fang inquires into!”
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The Analects – Chapter 45 (3.5). Civilization’s Soul
3.5 Confucius said, “The rude tribes of the east and north have their princes, and are not like the States of our great land which are without them.””
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The Analects – Chapter 44 (3.4). Authenticity as the core of propriety
3.4 Lin Fang asked for some main principles in connexion with ritual. Confucius said, “A very big question. In ritual at large it is a safe rule always to be too sparing rather than too lavish; and in the particular case of mourning-rites, they should be dictated by grief rather than by ease.”
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The Analects – Chapter 43 (3.3). The soul beneath the ritual
3.3 Confucius said, “A man who is not benevolent, what can he have to do with ritual? A man who is not benevolent, what can he have to do with music?
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The Analects – Chapter 42 (3.2). Sacrilege of power
3.2 The Three Families used the Yong Song during the removal of the sacrificial vessels. Confucius said, “‘By rulers and lords attended,The Son of Heaven, mysterious….’ What possible application can such words have in the hall of the Three Families?”