The "Book of Rites" not only has a chapter called "Yue Ji" that talks about music, but there are also many records related to music in other places. The ancients studied music profoundly.

In terms of educating people: All the three kings will teach their sons with rituals and music. Music is the reason for cultivating the inside, and etiquette is the reason for the cultivation of the outside. Ritual and music are intertwined in the middle, and the appearance is in the outside. Therefore, 160% is also polite, respectful and gentle. The ancients attached great importance to the cultivation of happiness and believed that the education of happiness comes from the inside out. Ritual and music work together to create a respectful, gentle and elegant temperament.

In the "Nei Principles", it is said that "for ten years, he studied music, recited poems, and danced "Shao". As a child, he danced "Elephant", learned archery, and guarded." We must lament that our ancestors have already implemented quality education. If you start learning music and dancing at the age of thirteen, you will definitely be able to cultivate many gentle and honest gentlemen. Is our education today lagging behind in some aspects? From another record: As I mentioned in my last article, when the doctor asked others about the age of his children, he answered whether he had learned music or not. It can be seen that this kind of education is only limited to a certain class, but the concept of this kind of education It's already pretty good.

In governing a country, music and etiquette are equally important.

"Every sound comes from the human heart." Music is produced from the heart. "When people's hearts move, things will cause them to move." The rulers of the pre-Qin Dynasty believed that changes in people's different emotions were caused by the stimulation of external objects, so they attached great importance to things that influence people's hearts. So use music to mediate people's emotions. The same goes for the opposite. If the ruler governs well and the people are harmonious, the music will be peaceful and happy. On the contrary, the music will be different. Hence the famous saying: The sound of governing the world is peaceful and joyful, and the government is harmonious; the sound of troubled times is resentful and angry, and the government is obedient. The voice of the kingdom mourns, and its people are in distress. The way of sound is connected with politics.

Music can be divided into virtue sound and drowning sound. The eight-note ensemble embodies the peace of the peaceful and prosperous times and the orderly ruling order of the rulers, and is a tribute to the peaceful world. One of the records of Confucius talking about dance music with Bin Moujia is very exciting. It is really amazing that the ancients could use large-scale dance and music performances to express the ruling thoughts and history of the rulers.