| Abstract |
In the ancient Chinese ancestral temple system, there was no “zu-zong”（祖宗） without any outstanding contribution. In tradition, the first ancestor of the ancestral temple system must be the founder of the royal family or the first king （or emperor） of the Dynasty. From Han Dynasty, the Classic of Filial Piety （孝經） became a ruling method. In Tang Dynasty, the Classic of Filial Piety was recognized as a Classical of Confucianists by the Emperor. The essence of the Classic of Filial Piety was “filial piety”, but it became one of the main debating issues who was the first ancestor in the ancestral temples of the imperial families in Tang and Sung Dynasty. |
