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Classical New Chapters 07 · The Evolution of Rites II · Order through Rites

古典新章 07·禮運 02·禮義小康

2026-10-15 · 4:00

Beside the vision of a shared world, this passage turns toward family interests, institutions and rites.

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After an ideal, how is ordinary life held together?

Creative direction: chamber art song · phrase-end replies and spacious pausesWhat do these music words mean? ↓

The turn away from the great way leads through walls, institutions and relationships before examples of earlier rulers develop the role of rites. Read this beside the preceding passage, keeping its historical language rather than treating it as a direct modern policy definition.

Both Rites briefs let piano and cello lead, with other parts answering phrase endings. Texture concerns their roles together; timbre concerns each sound’s quality. Notice who takes over at a sentence ending, then compare brightness, softness or grain without certifying instruments or performers from a brief.

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[Instrumental Intro] [Verse 1] 今大道既隱,天下爲家,各親其親,各子其子,貨力爲己,大人世及以爲禮,城郭溝池以爲固。 禮義以爲紀,以正君臣,以篤父子,以睦兄弟,以和夫婦,以設制度,以立田里,以賢勇、知,以功爲己。 [Verse 2] 故謀用是作,而兵由此起。禹、湯、文、武、成王、周公,由此其選也。 此六君子者,未有不謹於禮者也,以著其義,以考其信,著有過,刑仁講讓,示民有常。 [Instrumental Interlude] [Verse 3] 如有不由此者,在埶者去,衆以爲殃。是謂小康。」 言偃復問曰:「如此乎禮之急也?」孔子曰:「夫禮,先王以承天之道,以治人之情,故失之者死,得之者生。 [Instrumental Outro]

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