In the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC), Confucianists pushed religion in the direction of morality, preaching that one should respect heaven and honor one's ancestors by carefully conducting one's parents 'funeral rites and venerating one's most distant forefathers with due ceremony. People should find the meaning of life by seeking out its origins, and find its direction by respecting heaven and honoring their ancestors.
春秋之世，儒家把宗教推往道德方向，敬天法祖，慎終追遠，人必須由追尋生命的本源找到生命意義，由敬天法祖找到人生方向。