明洪武时期祭孔仪制考论

洪武时期,朱元璋崇尚文治,推明儒术,祭孔之风渐兴,相关仪制初步形成。在祭孔时间和规模上,确立了每年二、八月遣官祭孔的规定。在祭孔仪式上,承宋元旧制,在乐章、器物、祭祀程序等方面,亦逐步形成了更为严密、庄重的规定。凡此,洪武祭孔之制已较为系统、完备,成为明代祭孔的基本规范。

Studies on the Regulation of Worship Confucius in the Hongwu Period

In the Hongwu period,CHU Yuan-chang praised highly about the Confucianism,thus the general atmosphere of worship Confucius emerged gradually,related system preliminary came into formation.The time and scale of the worship Confucius’s activity was incessancy,and the regulation was established that the officials would be sent to worship Confucius in February and in August.As for the worship Confucius ceremony,inheriting from the Song,Yuan dynasty,the stricter and more dignified regulations in the movement,utensils,and the festival program had gradually formed.In the Hongwu period,a more systematic and complete regulation of worship Confucius had established,which became the basic norms of worship of Confucius in the Ming Dynasty.