孔、孟学派称“儒”,乃千载定名。然而何以名孔、孟学派为儒,却并不象墨、道、法诸家命名那样一目了然。因此,对“儒”家学派的命名,自汉至今,探究者不乏其人。较早者有西汉韩婴,《韩诗外传》卷五说:“儒者,儒也。儒之为言无也,不易之术也。”训“无”为不易之术,显然是增字为训。把“儒”源归之于“无”,殊觉牵强。自韩婴之后,汉代说“儒”者尚有许慎、郑玄、应劭等人。许慎《说文解字·人部》曰:“儒,柔 Hole, Meng school called “Confucianism,” is a thousand years set. However, why Confucius, Meng school for Confucianism, but not as ink, Tao, France named as clear at a glance. Therefore, the “Confucianism” school naming, since the Han so far, no shortage of investigators. Earlier, there was the Western Han Dynasty Han Ying, “Han Shi Huang Chuan” volume five, said: “Confucianism, Confucianism also Confucianism is nothing, not easy technique.” Training “without” is not easy technique, apparently by the word Training. The “Confucianism” is attributed to “no”, especially forcing. Since Han Ying, the Han Dynasty said that “Confucianism” is still Xu Shen, Zheng Xuan, Ying Yu et al. Xu Shen “Explain Word · Ministry” said: "Confucianism, soft