礼仪之于社会,犹如衣裳之于个人。人无衣裳则赤身裸体,丧失体面,必然导致道德堕落;没有礼仪的社会,其境地可悲可叹,因为民众之必要交往必然受到冒犯和纠纷的无端侵扰。若将社会比作列车,礼仪则犹如轨道。列车循于其上,方能隆隆向前;若把社会比喻御车,礼仪则宛如轮和轴,御车置于其上,才能滚滚驰 Etiquette in the community, like clothes for the individual. Without clothes, people are naked and deprived of their own morality, which inevitably leads to moral degeneration. In the absence of a ritual society, their situation is lamentable and deplorable because the necessary contacts of the public inevitably come under intrusion and offensive. If the society is likened to a train, etiquette is like a track. The train follows it, before it can rumble forward; if the metaphor of the Royal car, etiquette is like a wheel and shaft, the Royal car placed on it, to roll rolling