我国哲学史界一直认为 ,孔子从知识来源的角度承认“生而知之”并把人分为几等 ,承认有的人的知识是生来就有的 ,因此其认识论是唯心主义的先验论。本文通过对《论语》及相关资料的分析研究 ,认为上述看法是一种误解。因为孔子不是就知识的来源问题谈论“生而知之”并把人分为几等的 ,而主要是从人的智力、认识能力的差异所导致的求知状况的差异的角度 ,把人分为生知、学知等等 The history of philosophy in our country always believed that from the perspective of the source of knowledge, Confucius acknowledged that “knowing what was born” and dividing the people into equal parts admitted that some people’s knowledge was born and that their epistemology was an a priori theory of idealism. Through the analysis of The Analects of Confucius and other related materials, this article considers the above view as a misunderstanding. Because Confucius is not about the source of knowledge to talk about “born and learned” and divided people into several classes, but mainly from the point of view of differences in knowledge-seeking conditions caused by differences in human intelligence and cognitive ability, Know, learn and so on