The Four Companions and the 12 Wise Ones receive fewer, less elaborate items, appropriate to their rank as called for by the laws of ritual.
如此看來，釋奠禮中祭品的多樣與豐美，表示對孔子地位的尊崇，四配、十二哲等配享者的祭品依次從簡，籩、豆等祭器數量依次減少，也顯示了身分不同、依禮行事的原則。