Confucious mentions a few times in the first three books of his Analects the importance of ritual. He writes that ritual should be associated with harmony (p 86), has a direct relationship with the Good man (p 94), and should be conducted with reverence (p 101). However, Confucius never clarifies what is meant by 'ritual'. Does he simply mean the custom according to the time? My inclination is to associate ritual with religion, but since Confucius doesn't espouse a particular religion, but rather a way of living, how are we to understand this term in his text?
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