Abstract: Originally,ceremony was one read by the ceremony official on behalf of God.In early days,kings,princes and dukes often spoke on behalf of God and had some demands of their subjects,thus acting as a ceremony official.Shang Vow was King Wu's ceremony speech.This ceremony remained effective from the middle period of West Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period.Zhou Ceremony Speech was typical of this kind of speech.In the Warring Period,this ceremony as a system no longer functioned well but the style of the ceremony speech remained popular.For example,the well-known scholars used this style to popularize their philosophical ideas like that in Emperor Huang's Cheng Speech and the governments at all levels used it to train the officials like that in Ways of Officials.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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