《钟敬文全集》编纂的主要问题

The Main Problems in the Compilation of The Complete Works of Zhong Jingwen

《钟敬文全集》全面集中地反映了钟敬文先生一生的学术文化成就,首次出版了钟敬文本人相当数量的此前没有正式出版的文献,为我们重新深入研究钟敬文,研究中国民俗学史和民间文学史,提供了一个比较全面的资料库。但《钟敬文全集》在编纂方面,也存在一些问题,主要有:一,据不完全统计,漏收文章31篇;二,不同卷册中重复收入文章75篇,78篇次,约427页,37万字;三,因同一篇文章收入不同卷册,标题不一致,发生异文;四,第十三卷26册《报刊文章卷》所收文章与其他各卷重复过多,超过26册全册篇目和篇幅的半数,全集中有4篇文章收入三个不同卷册;五,各卷文章编排体例不一致。本文根据《婪尾集》等四种钟敬文文集,查找出《钟敬文全集》上述遗漏文章;全文通检《钟敬文全集》30册,比对出上述各卷册中重复收录的文章,并将上述查找、比对出的漏收文章和重收文章逐篇列出、校读,以期为学界提供一个研究、利用《钟敬文全集》的文献索引。本文在分析全集编纂中一般存在的"‘全集’不全"和文章重复收录等问题的基础上,对《钟敬文全集》编纂中的同样问题进行探讨,认为文章漏收(未收)之于全集,意味着对这些漏收文章的一种历史淘汰;"全集"不是"丛书",同一篇文章重复见于一部全集的不同卷册,以不同的题目在同一部全集出现,并出现异文,都给文献检索和文献引用带来困扰。这种编纂方法不符合全集编纂的通例和规范,《钟敬文全集》的学术价值因此而打了折扣。

The Complete Works of Zhong Jingwencomprehensively reflects the academic and cultural achievements of Zhong Jingwen throughout his life.It is the first compilation which has collected a considerable number of his unpublished works.Thus,it offers us a comprehensive database for an in-depth study on Zhong Jingwen,Chinese Folklore and Chinese Folk Literature.However,there exit some problems in the compiling work.The main ones are as follows:first,according to incomplete statistics,31 articles were omitted;second,were 75 articles were duplicated in different volumes,amounting to 78 times,which covers about 427 pages of 370,000 words;third,the inconsistence in word choice can be found in the same article duplicated in different volumes;fourth,many articles,which have been collected in other volumes,were duplicated in Issue 26 of Newspaper Articles of volumne13,so that more than half of the articles in Issue 26 are duplicated ones.Besides,4 articles in the complete works are found in 3 different volumes;fifth,the layout of the articles in each volume is inconsistent.Having investigated 4 collections of Zhong Jingwen’s works including The Last Seat of Feast,we found the above-mentioned omitted articles.Also,a thorough check of every full text in the 30 volumes of The Complete Works of Zhong Jingwen,and a careful comparison of the duplicated articles in each of the abovementioned volumes are made.Those articles are clearly listed and proofread,in the hope of providing academia with a literature index of the research on and the use of The Complete Works of Zhong Jingwen.Based on the analysis of the problems of incompleteness and duplication of articles in the compilation of the complete works,this article discusses the same problems appearing in the compilation of The Complete Works of Zhong Jingwen.For instance,the omission of some articles could result in their elimination in the history;"Complete works"is different from"book series".The duplicated articles with their titles changed and different word choice in different volumes of complete works can cause perplexity in bibliographic retrieval and reference.Such problematic approach of compilation does not conform to the general rules and norms for the compilation of complete works,which can reduce the academic value of The Complete Works of Zhong Jingwen.