“孝”在西周时多在祭祀用语中出现,其使用大致经历了由生前的孝养到死后的祭祀、由物质的供养到精神的循环的过程。“孝”在西周时的使用对象大多为死去的父祖,但也存在例外。西周时“孝”的出现及其与祖先祭祀的结合是因为要维系日 In the Western Zhou Dynasty, “filial piety” mostly appeared in rituals. The use of “filial piety” generally experienced the sacrificial offering from the filial piety to the postmortem, and the material supply to the spiritual circulation. “Filial piety ” in the Western Zhou Dynasty, the object of use are mostly dead father, but there are exceptions. The emergence of Western Zhou Dynasty “filial piety ” and its combination with sacrifices of ancestors is due to the maintenance of the day