本文认为孔子的明知不可为而为之是存在一定的矛盾的。孔子的晚年的确存在一些消极的“出世”的思想,孔子的“知不可为而为之”并不是指孔子政治上的追求,而是无论在任何困难的境地也不忘对其弟子言传身教,他以一个教育家的身份教导众弟子学周礼,维护道,以期最终达到他所理想的大同社会。 This paper argues that there is a certain contradiction between the knowing of Confucius and that of Confucius. There are indeed some negative “births” thoughts in his later years in Confucius. Confucius’s “not knowing what to do” does not refer to Confucius’s political pursuit, but does not forget about it in any difficult situation His disciples precept and example, he taught his disciples to learn Zhou as an educator, maintain the Tao, with a view to eventually reaching his ideal of a common-law society.