鲁迅《狂人日记》部分纸质版及网络版脱文现象

The Phenomenon of Missing Text in Several Paper and Online Versions of Lu Xun’s The Diary of a Madman

笔者发现鲁迅《狂人日记》纸质版、网络版存在脱漏二十余字的现象,经过细致查询,发现纸质版自2006年后,有一定数量的图书出现字数相同的脱文现象。因未找到纸质版的错误源头,目前可断定错误源头出现在网络上。出版社因未精选底本,而是参照网络上的错误版本,造成了以讹传讹。这一现象契合本雅明对机械复制时代艺术生产的判断:艺术品"本真性"逐渐"减损"。这一现象对出版者、编辑、读者也应有所启发。

The writer found 20 or so missing words in several paper and online versions of Lu Xun’s The Diary of a Madman.After careful inquiry,we can see the same missing text in a certain number of paper versions since 2006.As the source of the error in paper version hasn’t been found yet,we can conclude that it appeared on the internet initially.The press did not carefully select the original copy,while taking the wrong version on the web as reference,which caused the error continues.This phenomenon corresponds to Walter Benjamin’s judgment on the art in the age of mechanical reproduction:the“authenticity”of artworks fade away gradually,which should be an enlightenment to the publisher,editor and reader.