马衡先生辑《甲骨刻辞拓本》的前世今生

The Past and Present of Rubbings of Oracle Bones Compiled by Ma Heng

马衡先生1917年到北京大学之初,为给研究者提供资料,将自己珍藏的凡将斋甲骨拓印装订一册,分赠友好。1922年马衡先生代表北京大学国学门接收达古斋主人霍保禄捐赠甲骨,拓印装订四册,与先凡将斋甲骨拓本一册,合为五册,统称《甲骨刻辞拓本》,分赠相关单位和个人。但由于种种原因,这两批北大公藏与马衡先生私藏甲骨刻辞实物与拓本数字众说纷纭,一直混淆不清。本文梳理《甲骨刻辞拓本》的前世今生,为读者提供参考。

In 1917,at the beginning of his career in Peking University,Ma Heng(1881-1955)gathered his precious Fanjiang Studio(Fanjiang zhai)collection of oracle bone rubbings and bound them into one volume for friends and acquaintances for the purpose of facilitating academic research.In 1922,on behalf of the University’s National Learning Department(guoxue men),Ma Heng accepted oracle bones donated by Huo Baolu,the owner of the Dagu Studio(Dagu zhai).The four-volume rubbings produced out of this donation were later combined with the previous one volume,collectively known as Rubbings of Oracle Bones(Jiagu keci taben).Copies were distributed to various institutions and individuals.Yet,the exact number of either the oracle bones or their respective rubbings in both the University and Ma Heng’s private collection varies as quoted by different sources.This article surveys the past and present of the Rubbings of Oracle Bones.