今本《文子》某些文字仍保留着古文写法,如壄、是、眎等,而同样写法的字在《淮南子》中,则未曾见到。即便是《文子》误作的“害众”二字,仍有可能是后人不识古文“周鼎”的写法转写致误。同时,汉人识读、转写古文的能力极为薄弱,不太可能仍然用古文创作或书写《文子》,所以今本《文子》一书当在秦始皇统一文字之前已经出现。 The text of this “Wen Zi” still retains the ancient wording, such as 壄,,, 眎, etc., and the same wording in the “Huainanzi”, you have not seen. Even the “Wenzi” mistakenly made the “public evil ” word, there may still be descendants do not know the ancient Chinese “Zhou Ding ” writing error. At the same time, Han people are extremely weak in their ability to read and write classical Chinese. It is unlikely that they will still create or write “Wen Zi” with ancient Chinese. Therefore, the present “Wen Zi” book appeared before the unified text of the Qin Shi Huang.