《论语》记录了孔子的言行,是研究孔子思想的主要根据.但记录者不是一个人,记录也不系统.有的篇章比较长.内容较详尽.几乎可以作为小说来读;有的短得无头无尾.甚至不能成句.限于古时的书写条件.遣词造句尽量从简,又没有标点之法,因而有些章句读起来就令人费解了.《泰伯》篇“子曰民可使由之不可使知之”章由于句读的不同,导致对孔子思想的铨释不同.本文拟对这一个问题作一些讨论.传统的句读是;“子曰:民可使由之,不可使知之.”(朱熹《四书集註》)按照其字面来理解,意思是很明显的.于是,批孔者抓住这两句话,认为是孔子专制思想的典型表现.指责孔子主张推行愚民政策.大加挞伐.尊孔者或避而不谈.或惋惜地称之为孔子思想中的自我矛盾,或是保守思想的表现.孔子的原意是不是这样的呢?宋儒早有看法.朱熹引程子曰:“圣人设教,非不欲人家喻而户晓也.然不能使之知.但能使之由之尔.若曰圣人不使民知.则是后世朝三暮四之术也,岂圣人之心乎!”(见同上)认为孔子原意并不是不使 The Analects of Confucius records the words and deeds of Confucius and is the main basis for the study of Confucianism, but the recorder is not a person, the records are not systematic, some of the passages are longer, the contents are more exhaustive, the novel can be read almost, and some short No head or tail. Even can not be sentence. Limited to the ancient writing conditions. Sentences to make sentences as simple as possible, there is no punctuation of the law, so some chapters read it puzzling. “Taboo” articles “ This article intends to make some discussions on this issue.The traditional sentence reads as follows: ”The saying of the people is that the people can make them and they should not be made aware of. (Zhu Xi’s Annotations to Four Books) According to its literal meaning, the meaning is obvious, so those who criticize and grasp these two sentences think it is a typical manifestation of Confucian autocracy, accusing Confucius of advocating the policy of obscurantism. Respect Confucius or avoid it, or regrettably call it self-contradiction in Confucianism, or the performance of conservative thoughts.Confucius’s original meaning is not so? Song Confucianism has long been thought.Zhu Xi lead son said: “Sage teaching, do not want others Yu Yu But also can make it by the Seoul .If the saint does not make the people know .That is the future generations of tricks, also, the heart of the saints! ”(See ibid.) That the original intention of Confucius is not not Make