略论《翰墨城》所收王勃佚文《诗序切》

WANG Bo's Lost Works Written by MITISAKA Akihiro,Translated by SHI Li-shan

江户时代的日本文艺典籍《翰墨城》收载的一片"古笔切",乃初唐文学家王勃佚文《诗序切》。历来将这片"古笔切"称之为《诗序切》,盖缘于正仓院传存的王勃佚文名为"诗序残卷"。但是本文认为,这片题为《诗序切》的作品并不是诗序,而是为哀悼死者撰写的墓志铭或神道碑中铭文的一部分。文中的主人公,很可能是一位因违背皇命而死去(或被处死)的境遇悲惨的人物。此文换韵处夹注"其一"的分章字样,这种体裁始见于北魏的碑文,它的普遍化是在王勃所生活的初唐时期,因此这片"古笔切"传为王勃的作品,并不是没有根据的。由此可见,日本传存的大量珍贵的汉文典籍资料,尚有待于各领域专家的整理与解明。

During the Edo period,the Japanese classical literary book,entitled Collections of Chinese Calligraphy,has collected a lot of calligraphy masterpieces,one of which belonged to Wang Bo s works.In history,it was called Ancient Calligraphy Segment,later it was named Poem Prelude Segment Since it was believed to come from Wang Bo s lost works in shoso-in Nara.However,in this paper,it wasn t believed so,but thought to be either the inscription on the memorial tablet or a part of epigraph of a tombstone.He might ...