New Explanation of the Title of The Analects of Confucius

The characterLunof The Analects of Confucius doesn't meanethics,comprehensive meanings,select,discuss and compile,but meanscomment.Because The Explanation of Characters said the characterLunmeantcomment.The characterLunin The Analects of Confucius,Homely Languages of Confucius,The Postword for Homely Languages of Confucius,and Dynasty History·Arts and Literature'Records all meanscomment.Thecommentwas an action whose actor was Confucius,not the editors of the book.In the same period of Confucius,there were many characterluns in other books,many of them meantcomment. The characteryuincludes the meaningsspeakanddiscourse.So,the title of The Analects of Confucius means what Confucian commented,as well as what he and his students spoke and discoursed.