《毛传》云 :“公堂 ,学校也。”然后世论者或以为是“豳公之堂” ,或以为是“奴隶主贵族议事、宴饮的大厅”等。而公堂应是党之序学 ,即西周姓族地方团体的祖庙 ,犹后世之家庙 ,是宗族成员祭祖、议事、宴饮、实施教化及处理婚丧大事的公共场所。 Mao Biography said: “The courtroom, the school also.” However, the secularist thought it was “a fairytale hall,” or thought it was “a slave hall aristocrats, banquet hall” and so on. The court should be the preface of the party, that is, the ancestral temples of the local groups in the Western Zhou clan and the temples of the Later Generations are the public places where clansmen worship ancestors, discuss matters, feast for food, implement education and handle weddings and funerals.