孔子非常重视丧葬祭祀,将它提高到了社会治理的高度。孔子丧葬祭祀的精神实质是“孝”,外在原则是“礼”,基本要求为“哀敬”。它立足于现实的人生,内含着节制、节俭的要求,其目的在于慎终追远,让民心归于仁厚,使社会道德风尚日渐淳厚,是非常理性的丧祭观。时下滋长的隆丧厚祭之风并非直接源于儒家,而另有其深刻的社会根源。 Confucius attached great importance to funeral rites and raised it to the height of social governance. The essence of Confucius funeral ritual is “filial piety”, the external principle is “ceremony”, and the basic requirement is “sadness”. It is based on real life and contains the requirements of restraint and frugality. Its purpose is to chase the far end and bring the people’s hearts to benevolence and to make the social morality increasingly pure and honest, which is a very rational funeral view. Nowadays, the style of thick sacrifice of Longsong and Funeral is not derived directly from Confucianism, but also has its profound social roots.