A Textual Interpretation of the the Eight Cortege of The＂Wenxian （document） ＂inConfucian Analects

摘要

The "Wenxian(document)"in the Confucian analects said by confucius is the literal ma-terials which possess evidential functions. It's wrong that the past scholars explained the "xian"as the"wisdom" many times for all generations, and all kinds of these explanations didn't conform to thcmeanings of Confucius himselfs. According to the original meanings of the Chinese word "Xian" andthe tradition of collecting situation of the people in the ancientry,the "Xian" is the literal materialswhich was reported to the leadership from conditions of the lower levels, and the only difference be-tween "Wen" and "Xian" is that the latter emphasized that itself had originated from the local proffer.when the literal materials from the local proffer"have been stored into the archives of the court"andwas put together with the "Wen" which was stored in the court before,as another words,when theywere mixed together,the difference between"wen"and "Xian would disappear gradually and wouldhaven't any significance. So it was called“Wenxian(document)”as a word