闵子骞生年及家庭出身考辨

Study on Min Ziqian's date of birth and family background

二千余年来,闵子骞作为儒家先贤、道德楷模,无论在官方还是在民间都备受尊崇。然而由于史料中关于闵子骞的记载较少,对于闵子骞生年、家庭出身等问题的认识往往只能简单依据现存的闵氏宗谱、地方志等,史料来源较为单一,且颇多矛盾之处。目前关于闵子骞生年与出身有两种说法:一种是闵子骞生于鲁昭公五年,系鲁国大夫闵马父之子;另一种是闵子骞生于鲁昭公七年,系鲁国委吏闵仲滨之子。通过考证,可以确定闵子骞生于鲁昭公五年,但其系闵马父之子的说法有误,其系鲁国委吏闵仲滨之子的说法则更为可信。

Min Ziqian has been respected as a Confucian sage and moral model both officially and non-governmentally in the past 2,000 years. But he was little mentioned in historical literature. Knowledge about his date of birth and family background depends only on Min Genealogy and local chronicles. About the date of birth and family background, there are two kinds of view. One holds that Min Ziqian was born in the fifth year after Luzhao Gong was in power, was the son of Min Mafu who was Dafu of Lu. The other suggests that Min was born in the seventh year after Luzhao Gong was in power and the son of Min Zhongbin who was Weili of Lu. My study shows Min Ziqian was born in the fifth year after Luzhao Gong was in power,but the statement that he was the son of Min Mafu is wrong, the statement that he was the son of Min Zhongbin is more convincing.