A man's world Once Confucian men had taken control of the state's religious functions, they formulated laws and put Confucian scholars in charge of temple affairs at the local level to ensure that Confucian ritual would become an even more firmly established facet of popular religious belief.
男性士大夫掌握國家宗廟的祭典方式後，透過法令要求或是儒生參與地方廟務，儒教的儀禮也進一步融入了民間信仰中。