数词是表示数目和次序的词。《论语》中不少地方用到了数词,它们意思各异,充当的句法成分有别。本文试图就此作一些简要分析。一、表示虚指所谓虚指,是说数词不表示实际的数目,而是表示“多次、很久”之类的意思。《论语》中,数词表示虚指有以下几种情况:(一)用系数词“三”“ Numerals are words that indicate number and order. Numerous words are used in many places in the Analects. They have different meanings and they serve as different syntax components. This article attempts to make some brief analysis on this. First, the virtual finger refers to the so-called virtual finger, which means that the word does not mean the actual number, but it means “multiple times, long time” and the like. In the Analects of Confucius, the numeral indicates that the virtual finger has the following kinds of situations: (1) The word “three” is used as the coefficient word.