英文摘要
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This article discusses the Yang-ming Scholars' theories on the construction of lineage and ancestral worship during the late Ming. Their discourse based on the doctrine ”the innumerable things are regarded as one substance by Jen.” They argued that practicing the Confucian ritual of ancestral worship is the best way to get clansmen together and to bring the innate knowledge into full play. Besides, this article also focuses on how the Yang-ming Scholars build ancestral halls, how they worship ancesters with Confucian ritual, how they popularize Confucian ritual at local society and then connected the ritual with people's everyday life. In the end, I point out the Yang-ming Scholars, especially the low-stratum intellectuals, also played an important role in communicating Confucian ideas to countryside during the late Ming.
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