The principle of respecting body of Confucianism is"training body for ritual", "the body and ritual as unity" , " virtue iust like the body", which iS not iust for the"body because of the body".It includes at least two aspects of connotations:first, do not lose the body；second, do not insult the body.Reflection on the principle of respecting body of Confucianism iS of great significance and value to the building of individual health of body and mind in the process of building onr socialist harmonious society.