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Body and Etiquette: Practicing Propriety by Wearing Jade and the Origin of Confucian Myth-ritual
TANG Qi-cui; WU Yu-wei
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2017.04.002
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Etiquette (禮 Li, or ceremonial rules) is essentially a narrative symbol laden on human body (體 Ti). The practice and belief in etiquette and body are observable points which cannot be ignored in genetics exploration of “etiquette”. This article makees an archaeological excavation on “Li” (禮),“Ti” (體), and the metaphorical meaning of such phrases as “ringing jade to show etiquette” (鸣玉以相), “practicing etiquette by wearing jade” (佩玉践形) and so on. It finds that body, etiquette, and jade is a trinity in the Confucian ritual practice of the body, and even in ancient religious rites. The relationship is shown as below: external body (physical appearance)—etiquette and jade (media)—internal virtue (sacred power or holy force). The paper thus reveals the power source of the birth of rites, and the source link between holy rites and the mundane morals, which provide a new explanation of the origin of the “etiquette”.
body (體 Ti), etiquette (禮 Li), practicing etiquette by wearing jade, bodily thinking, confucian myth and rites, the origin of etiquette
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