漢代尊崇孔子，以孔子為萬世師表。然孔子之教除了在五經之內，孔門事語更是士人言行之典範。這類孔門事語，以往都視為《論語》類文獻，不受重視，但隨著郭店、上博等儒家類簡牘的出現，不僅可確認此類文獻的真實性，更說明孔子之教接受與影響範圍之廣。兩漢輯錄孔門事語最眾者，在劉向所編《說苑》、《新序》，當中所錄事跡，又多與漢代政教意涵相關。如透過「子路負米」，展現孝道精神；孔子以「無為而成」之說，論述無為之治的效用，更與漢代「主無為而臣有為」的治國方式相同。因此，這類孔門事語，不僅可作為士人行誼之典範，更具有輔翼政治的效用。

Han dynasty is admired Confucius seen as a master. Except for the classic books, Confucius's teachings also reveal in Confucius' stories written in Han philosophers' articles, that can be the acting model of literati. The most amount of recording books, is Shou-Yuan and Hsin-Hsu, edited by Liu-Xiang. And almost recordings have politics meaning. Therefore this recordings not only have a paragon of words and deeds, and can advance politics strategy.