“客礼”是中国传统社会人际交往的普遍礼仪,但客礼具有特殊的意义而与甄别尊卑等级的臣礼相对立而存在。客礼往往被引用到不同社会等级成员的交往,用以表达平等、不屈或尊崇的意思。从先秦起,客礼就被引入到国家宾礼制度中,以客礼相待某些诸侯国;西汉确立了客礼接待外宾的制度;至北宋,宾礼制度中正式规定了部分官员相见时行客礼,清代宾礼制度也有类似规定。虽然同为待客之礼,但从制度的层面而言,客礼并不等同于五礼制度中的宾礼,实际上宾礼中包含着客礼。 “Passenger service ” is a universal etiquette of human relations in traditional Chinese society. However, guest polls have special meanings and exist in opposition to the courtesy of discriminating superior rank. Customer loyalty is often cited as an interaction between members of different social classes to convey the meaning of equality, indomitableness or honor. From the pre-Qin Dynasty, the courtesy was introduced into the national system of benevolence and treated some vassal states with courtesy; the Western Han Dynasty established the system of courtesy of reception of foreign guests; and in the Northern Song Dynasty, the system of courtesy stipulated the meeting of some officials When the line passenger ceremony, the Qing court system also have similar provisions. Although the same as hospitality, but from the institutional level, the guest etiquette is not the same as the etiquette of the Five Etiquette system, in fact, the etiquette contains the etiquette.