秋香故事溯源及考证

ORIGIN OF QIUXIANG STORY AND ITS TEXTUAL RESEARCH

唐寅娶秋香的故事在民间流传甚广,特别是“三笑”弹词的演绎更使得这个故事家喻户晓,从而完全淹没了真相。通过对故事原始材料的溯源、故事中人物的考证、类似故事的附会以及唐寅自身所娶三位妻子的考察等角度的分析,我们试图质疑并证明唐寅娶秋香的故事只不过是后人附会的结果。

Tang-yin is well known for the story of Qiu-xiang as a playboy,which is very different from his true life in the history. The story is adapted from two pieces of material: the Jin Lin Xu Ji(泾林续记)and the Jiao Chuang Za Lu(蕉窗杂录).But the first two books have been lost,we can't know whether they are true or the real story of Qiu-xiang. But Hua-taishi and Qiu-xiang, the two important characters of the story ,have no relation with Tang-yin because of the great gap in age. Meanwhile,Tang-yin had married three times,the third wife is like Qiu-xiang,but when Tang-yin married her,he is over forty years old,and couldn't act as a young servant. From above,we know the story of Qiu-xiang is out of imagination.