An Analysis of Confucius's"Addressing ZhengBo"in the First Year of Lu Yingong
In the Spring and Autumn annals,Confucius written"ZhengBo ke Duan Yu Yan in May of summer",the two words"Zheng bo",Gong Yang and Gu Liang did not explain.Zuo zhuan solution:"Said Zheng Bo,ridicule also lost education".Whether"Zheng Bo"has the meaning of micro-words has always been controversial.According to Confucius's cautious attitude towards the title of Spring and Autumn,it is customary to address the monarch by his titles.However,the convention,for a specific matter or type of things,written titles,written country,written person's name,were different.This article analyzes this incident by analogy,the explana-tion of the word"Zheng Bo"in Zuo Zhuan is not over-interpretation,and Confucius used to speak big truth with the micro-words.