礼在古代同时具有三个维度:宗教祭祀的礼仪,人事人道的规范和准则以及维系社会的价值体系。礼的特殊地位和作用,使古人必须为之确立天道的源泉。《左传》中就有"礼以顺天"的说法,《礼记》中更是贯穿着以敬天、法天、顺天为核心的天道思想。象天以制礼的思想原则不仅是礼仪的形上基础,更以各种方式真切地渗透到具体的礼仪之中,以致不了解礼仪中的天道内涵,便无法理解礼仪的内在精神。

Li had three dimensions in ancient times: rituals and ceremonies in religion,norms of social lives and personal behaviors,and moral value system of society.Conseqcently,these significances forced ancient people to base therselces on the ways of Heaven.There are lots of thoughts of worship of the heaven and conformity with Heaven in the Book of Rites.To emulate the ways of heaven not only forms the metaphysic base of Li,but permeates into Li by various ways,so that if you don t know the connotations of it,yo...