Women are mentioned only five times throughout Analects, while Nanzi is the only woman whose name is mentioned there. The incident of "Confucius Meeting Nanzi" has been commentated, interpreted or speculated by generations of scholars, while the historian Zhao Yi in the Qing Dynasty also said, "Confucius Meeting Nanzi' is the most obscure chapter in Analects." How exactly should we read "Confucius Meeting Nanzi?" This paper offers a preliminary reflection on how to read Confucian classics appropriately in contemporary days by sorting out the views about "Confucius Meeting Nanzi" that have been held by generations of scholars