Excuse me, when did China's concept of "the dead are the biggest" begin?

In fact, in the traditional concept of ancient China, there is no such thing as "the deceased is the greatest", let alone an idiom. But its real meaning should be mourning, mourning and expressing respect for the dead.

The sages of all ages since Confucius and Mencius have repeatedly said that "heaven is the greatest", "family is the greatest", "righteousness is the greatest", "ceremony is the greatest", "respect is the greatest" and "respect is the greatest". No one mentioned that "the dead are the greatest" and "the dead are the greatest".

In fact, the traditional culture of China has never thought that public figures can enjoy the privilege of "the biggest dead" and "the biggest dead" without criticism. On the contrary, when a public figure dies, we should sum up what he did before his death, sum up his core deeds and make a general evaluation of him. Praise what should be praised and belittle what should be belittled. This kind of evaluation is called "teacher".

Extended data:

In ancient times, in countries and regions influenced by China culture, it was not always clear to evaluate a character's merits and demerits with just a few words. In order to draw a conclusion about historical figures, the ancients chose posthumous title to summarize them.

Generally speaking, emperors, queens, princes and ministers with high social status in ancient history will be given an evaluation title by the court according to what they did before their death. This is posthumous title in the usual sense, which is used to highly summarize the life of a historical figure.

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