He believed that, as the ideally perfect society was unattainable, the next best thing was to organize social relationships through a complex code that laid down strict rules of behaviour for each kind of person.

• 他认为，既然没法达到一种理想中的完美社会，退而求其次的最好办法就是建立一套复杂而严格的礼仪，来规范约束每种人的行为，并以此来确立社会关系。