On Ritual Politics in Song Dynasty

The thinkers in Song Dynasty thought that the basic principles of social order was based on the morals,and also included the manners of law and religion.Morality and politics were closly woven together.The immanent morality principles determined the external ritual politics.Ritual Politics meant that the people should be indoctrinated with the morality in order to educate them to obey the grade orders and the law and also clear up the root of social ferment.Punishment is also the forcible ways to make people obey the morality.In the opinion of Confucianism in Song Dynasty,Ritual Politics originated from human being's nature and the law originated from the morality.The thought rebuilt the metaphysical foundation of Confucianism's Ritual Politics.