孔子“三案”辩证

孔子“唯女子与小人难养”、“愚民”政策、“中庸”之道的贬义性几乎成为历史定案。通过考证，阐明孔子并没有把“女子”与“小人”等同之义，“愚民”政策也非孔子的本义，“中庸”不是指“不求上进”和“无社会责任感”，从而还孔子以真面目。

Rectification of the Three Verdicts on Confucius

The derogatoriness of Confucius′ ideas about “ women and inferior men being most difficult to associate” and “ keeping people in ignorance” and his “ doctrine of the mean” have seemed to be verdicts of history. The present paper, through textual research, sheds light on the fact that Confucius did not equate women to “ inferior men” ; the policy of keeping people in ignorance was not his real intention and that his doctrine of the mean did not mean “ not striving to make progress” and “ lack of a sense of social responsibility” . Thereby, Confucius will be known for what he really was in these three aspects.