傳統哲學領域的儒學研究聚焦於思想觀念，卻忽略了觀念背後的經驗基礎。這是現代觀念視角導致的偏見，其結果很可能將儒者所具有的神聖態度和神聖情感化約為其他類型的感受，進而將儒學單純劃定為倫理道德學，而忽視儒者生命經驗本身所具有的神聖向度。在這個意義上，站在宗教學視域深入開掘儒者的生活經驗，對於我們更進一步理解和詮釋儒家的歷史形態和精神意義，具有不可忽視的作用。透過討論宗教學研究中如何理解和詮釋儀式過程所帶來的意義世界，並以朱熹祭祀孔子的儀式實踐作為例證，本文從方法論角度探討了如何在宗教學的視域下討論儒家歷史上的個體生活經驗，以及這種經驗所具有的深層精神意涵。

Generally speaking, most Confucian study in philosophy sphere concerns about its thoughts and notions nowadays and often neglects the empirical foundations of those notions. However, this is a bias from modern sight, and this prejudice will probably lead to a kind of reductionism, for example they will see some sacred feelings of Confucians’ as some other levels, as a result, they will reduce the sacred dimension in Confucian tradition to another kind such as merely a morality. In this sense, it is necessary to explore the Confucian historical experiences from the viewpoint of religious study, for it will play an important role to understand the Confucian spirituality. A methodological reflection will be made in this article about how to study Confucian’s ritual experience from the viewpoint of religious study, and through the example of Chu Hsi’s experiences in sacrificing Confucius, an approach to the personal life experience in Confucian history will be highlighted.