How was the ritual system developed and perfected during the Western Zhou period?

The Western Zhou was the heyday of ritual, and law existed as an integral part of the ritual system. The ritual system maximized the role of indoctrination, while the sharpness of law and punishment was y hidden. The development and refinement of the system of rituals are as follows:

I. The systematization and standardization of "rituals" began with the Zhou Duke's system of rituals in the Western Zhou Dynasty. "Rites are the core of traditional Chinese culture. Because of the rites, traditional Chinese culture has formed a harmonious and comprehensive system. Politics, law, economy, religion, science and technology, and even people's daily life are all part of this system. The essence of the rituals made by the Duke of Zhou was to fully establish the patriarchal hierarchical order and system of inferiority and superiority in the form of rituals, so that all kinds of activities of the state would be regulated by rituals, and the relationship between people and all kinds of behaviors would be included in the scope of adjustment of the rituals. The rites were supported and guaranteed by the state and the law.

Since the Western Zhou Dynasty, loyalty, filial piety, modesty, righteousness and other ethics based on the patriarchal society have been the spiritual pursuits and pillars of the Chinese people. The Chinese "rule of etiquette" is a social system that takes "virtue" as its core, distinguishes between "right" and "wrong", and integrates heaven and earth as one. The social system of the Zhou people The Zhou people's "virtue" has a profound influence on Chinese people's ideology, and the "Way of Confucius and Mencius" based on loyalty, filial piety and righteousness is actually a moral system developed on the basis of the Western Zhou's rituals, and this system has ruled China for thousands of years.