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How to write ancient polite composition?

What is politeness?

China is a world-famous country of etiquette. "Rite" is the outstanding spirit of China culture and one of the basic concepts of China's ancient ethics. Politeness, politeness and attention to etiquette are important virtues of China people in the world.

In China culture, ceremony is the symbol that distinguishes human beings from animals. "The reason why mortals are human is etiquette." (Book of Rites, Guan Yi) Rites are the foundation of governing the country and keeping the country safe. "Rite, pass the country, settle the country, make the people, and leave the heirs." (Zuo Zhuan lived in seclusion for fifteen years) Rites are also the foundation of standing and the standard of distinguishing personality levels. Confucius said, "If you don't learn manners, you can't live." China's ethical culture can be said to be "etiquette culture" in a sense. Etiquette is one of the virtues of the Chinese nation. As a moral norm, its content is more complicated. As an ethical system and ethical order, it is called "ritual system" and "ethical code". As a form of treating people and things, it is called "ceremony" and "etiquette"; As a kind of cultivation, it is called "politeness"; Used to deal with the relationship with others, called "comity".

"Li" is rooted in people's respect and obedience to their elders, out of respect for their elders, moral standards and obedience to their brothers and friends. As an ethical system, "ethics" has played a negative role in history; However, as a symbol of moral cultivation and civilization, politeness, comity and etiquette are the embodiment of the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation. Politeness has a historical inheritance and development, which varies with nationality, gender and age.