孔门七十子之说成因考

The Cause of the Statement of “Confucius' Seventy Disciples”

孔门七十子之说的产生,来源于春秋晚期徒七十人的步兵编制方式。在这种编制方式下,步兵接受战车上贵族的指挥,跟随贵族一起战斗,形成一种军事化的主从关系。孔子本人具备很强的军事能力,孔门中也包含军事教育的内容。弟子们追随孔子,也十分类似于春秋时期徒从跟随贵族。在这双重作用下,当时的人们会把对徒七十人编制方式的认知投射到孔门,七十子之说也由此形成。

Statement of“Confucius’Seventy Disciples”originated from a kind of popular mili-tary organization in late Spring and Autumn Period,in which seventy infantrymen fought under the command of the leader and a relationship of subordination was therefore built.Confucius him-self was proficient in military skills and military education was also an important subj ect in Con-fucius’education system.can be compared to the organization of seventy infantrymen following noblemen.According to the two points above,people at that time would understand Confucius’ educational group according to the mode of seventy-infantryman organization,and so emerged the statement of “Confucius’Seventy Disciples”.