Abstract

"The Analects of Confucius," the book rarely involved in women's issues, only five Southern child is the "Analects" the only woman mentioned a name. "Nan-zi" of the parties to comment by ancient scholars, interpretation or conjecture, the Qing Dynasty historian Zhao Yi also said: "" The Analects of Confucius, "but" Nan-zi "chapter most unsolvable." "Nan-zi "How in the end should look at? For this article by ancient scholars of the "Nan-zi," the viewing order, to provide a contemporary reading of the appropriate attitude of the Confucian classics preliminary examination. Women are mentioned only five times throughout Analects, while Nanzi is the only woman whose name is mentioned there. The incident of "Confucius Meeting Nanzi" has been commentated, interpreted or speculated by generations of scholars, while the historian Zhao Yi in the Qing Dynasty also said, "Confucius Meeting Nanzi 'is the most obscure chapter in Analects." How exactly should we read "Confucius Meeting Nanzi?" This paper offers a preliminary reflection on how to read Confucian classics appropriately in contemporary days by sorting out the views about "Confucius Meeting Nanzi" that have been held by generations of scholars