试论《论语》篇章结构的逻辑性

A Brief Discussion of Logicality in Textural Structure of The Analects

古今学者多有人认为,《论语》只是语录的汇集,其编排有很大的随意性。而笔者认为,《论语》的篇章结构是富于逻辑性的。《论语》20篇,每篇都围绕一个主题;各篇章节的排列都有一定的次序;各篇的命名与内容相当一致;全书是按一定思路、一定框架精心编纂的。

Many scholars in both ancient and modern times think The Analects is merely a collection of recorded analects and its compilation is quite arbitrary. The writer of the paper, however, holds that its textual structure has its logicality. The Analects contains twenty chapters, each of which has one topic. And each chapter has its own order, whose text title is compatible with its content. The whole book is compiled following certain thinking path and its framework is also delicately designed.