What is the spiritual essence of the thought of rites and music?

Confucian thought of rites and music refers to: advocating "rites" to determine people's social identity and standardize people's behavior; Cultivate people's minds and communicate people's feelings with "music".

Confucius of Confucianism believes that the teaching of rites and music can make the state organization and social relations reach an orderly and harmonious state. This kind of Confucian thought and value orientation is instructive to the construction of a harmonious society today. Ethics mainly regulates and guides people's behavior from the outside, while music education cultivates and communicates people's emotions from the inside.

In the thought of rites and music, the goals pursued by ethics and music education are orderly harmony or harmonious order. But in different forms and ways. According to Confucianism, the goal of music education cannot be divorced from ethics. Because of the unique affinity and harmony of music, only by combining ethics with music education can we adjust social relations more deeply and effectively, thus promoting the coordination and harmony of the whole social order to the maximum extent.

Confucius of Confucianism believes that the teaching of rites and music can make the state organization and social relations reach an orderly and harmonious state. This kind of Confucian thought and value orientation is instructive to the construction of a harmonious society today. Ethics mainly regulates and guides people's behavior from the outside, while music education cultivates and communicates people's emotions from the inside.