The Governance Dimension of Ancient Rituals and Their Contemporary Enlightenment —From the Perspective Ideological and Political Education Functions

YU Xinyu

Education and Teaching Research ›› 2026, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (5) : 14-27.

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Education and Teaching Research ›› 2026, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (5) : 14-27.

The Governance Dimension of Ancient Rituals and Their Contemporary Enlightenment —From the Perspective Ideological and Political Education Functions

  • YU Xinyu
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A nation's governance system and capacity are closelyrelated to its historical heritage and cultural traditions.Ideological and political education served as a means of social governance in ancient China,with rituals acting as its vehicle, playing a unique role in ancient social governance.Faced with problems in current ideological and political education rituals-suchas historical nihilism,cultural nihilism,and formalism-that hinder the exertion of governance effectiveness,the governance practice of ancient rituals contains empirical wisdom to address this issue.Therefore,on the basis of clarifying the connotation of ancient rituals and summarizing their three characteristicsincluding the hierarchical ritual order,the ritual symbol of public power,andthe ritual expression of ideology,this paper discusses how ancient ideologicaland political education achieved political governance,cultural governance,andmoral governance through political rituals,cultural rituals,and moral education rituals respectively.Furthermore,it extracts contemporary implications fromthree aspects including strengthening social identity,evoking emotional resonance and maintaining social order,aiming to provide a new perspective for in-depth exploration of the resources of ancient Chinese ideological and political education and the wisdom of ancient governance.

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ancient rituals / political rituals / cultural rituals / moral education rituals / ancient ideological and political education / social governance

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