周公"制礼作乐"是历史的选择,也与其"天纵生知之圣"的主观气质分不开,这在少年周公身上已初现端倪.周公身处殷周鼎革之际,少时即浸润于周原早期文化,"朝读《书》百篇",汲汲于殷商先进文化与传统历史文献,展现出深厚的人文素养;在文、武二圣的熏染下,周公少时即表现出超人的政治远见.在辅佐父兄灭殷的过程中,周公在政治上日趋成熟.及武王崩,成王幼弱,历史将周公推向政治舞台的中心,其制礼作乐,顺天应时,在政治上构建了异于夏商的封建宗法制,同时亦型塑了中国文化的精神气质,使华夏文明升进至"礼乐文化"阶段.%The system of rites and music created by the Duke of Zhou is the choice of history, and also cannot be seperated from his subjective disposition-arrogant and proud, which had shown a symptom of the trend when the Duke was young.The Duke of Zhou was living in the changing period from Yin to Zhou Dynasty, and the young Duke was infiltrated in the early Zhou culture, he read more than one hundred books every morning, trying to master the advanced culture of Yin Dynasty and other traditional historical literature.The Duke of Zhou had shown a deep humanistic accomplishments.Under the influence of King Wen and Wu, the young Duke showed extraordinary political vision.The young Duke assisted his father and elder brother in dealing with political events, and became politically mature.When King Wu died, the King Cheng of Zhou was too young to control the country.The special historical situation pulled the Duke of Zhou to the center of politics.He established rites and music, went with the trend, and established the faudal and patriarchal clan system in politics which was different from that of Xia and Shang Dynasty.Meanwhile, he shaped the Chinese cultural spirit, promoting Huaxia Cilvilization to the stage of "rituals and music culture".
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