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People and things both exist in form and content, with content representing their essence and form representing their appearance. Confucian scholars often used "form and content" to describe the display and the substance of rites. The external "form" must be based on the internal "content" because form pursued in isolation from content will be ostentatious. At the same time, form is indispensable for presenting internal content. Form must suit and correspond to content 去书内
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    Reading Note In Confucian theory, "Wen-Zhi" stands for form and essence of rituals. External form relies on inner substance to avoid vanity; meanwhile essence needs proper form for manifestation, and the two ought to match each other harmoniously.

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