本文試圖利用傅柯在「知識的考掘學」中所闡釋的權力與論述的觀念,重新檢視漢朝緯書中的孔子論述,以期解析出孔子這個符號背後的政治意涵。緯書中的孔子論述可以以一為漢制法的「素王」意義來貫串。首先,由於孔子是失時的「水精」無法成為人間政治的王,但是他的出現卻又具有成為人閻王典範的意義,而具體落實在經典的創作以及在政治的推展上。就統治者來說,孔子符號的意義在於借著孔子藉可以成為政權正當性的保證,但是,就政權爭奪者的角度來說,孔子的意義也是可以被抽換,再賦予它相反的意涵,而成為政權轉移的依據。就被統治的知識份子而言,孔子甚至可以被轉化為人間政治的典範,從而成為統治者應該努力效法的對象。於是,我們可以得到一個結論,「孔子」只是一個符碼,不具固定的意涵,而是可以被各種權力,以不同的原因及目的來賦予不同的意義。
This compisition tried to use the expounding concepts and explaining authority which in " L'arch'eologie du savoir" to inspect the Confucius's discourses that showed in Augury of Han dynasty once again, and intended to analyze the politics meanings behind this note of Confucius. The Confucius's discourses in Augury can be threaded together by "Su Wang", which created customary rulers for Han Dynasty. At first, because the Confucius was the "spirit of primary element of water" in the frustrated period, he could not be the ruler of the earth. However, his presenting had the meaning of becoming a human ruler of paradigm, which concretely done in classics creative work and politics improvements. According to the role of ruler, the symbol meanings of Confucius were lied in the political rights of promises that could reach to. On the other hand, the role of political rights which they fonght for, the symbol meanings of Confucius could also be replaced then gave it opposite meanings to transform into a basic foundation for transferring political rights. In terms of educated classed who were governed, the Confucius even can be respected as a paradigm of human politics, then becoming a model that should be hard followed by rulers. In this way, we can get a conclusion that "Confucius" is just a symbol, without any fixed meanings, it can have many different meanings because of different.