“无所取材”考释

A Textual Criticism and Explanation of “WU SUO QU CAI”

《论语·公冶长》第七章中的"由也好勇过我,无所取材",历来歧解纷纭。多数学者认为这是对子路的讥贬、戏言。从孔子的思想倾向、文本的情理逻辑、语境的整体把握和语句的句法结构等方面考察分析,前一句是赞美子路勇于义的卓越品格,后一句是伤叹无取用其材的明主贤君,体现了对现实政治的深刻批判。

“WU SUO QU CAI”comes from The Analects of Confucius and has lots of explanations.Most scholars think the statement is to mock Zi Lu.From Confucian thoughts,the logic of the text,the overall context and the syntactic structure of the statement,the statement means that no leaders can make full use of his talents,which reflects the profound criticisim on the real politics.