《琴操》撰者考辨

A Textual Research of the Author of <Qincao>

《琴操》是我国现存最早的一部琴曲解题专著,多数解题附有歌辞,汉代的琴曲歌辞主要依靠此书留存至今,因此对汉乐府琴曲歌辞研究具有重要的价值。关于《琴操》撰者,历来众说纷纭,这无疑会对歌辞年代及价值的认定产生负面影响。就《琴操》撰者的问题进行系统的梳理,才能最终认定《琴操》为蔡邕所撰。

<Qincao> is the earliest introductory monograph on qinqu extant in China. Most of the introductions are accompanied by words of songs, and words of songs to qinqu of the Han dynasty handed down to this day owe chiefly to <Qncao> which is thus immeasurably valuable for researches of the Yuefu songs of the Han Dynasty. Opinions about the identity of the author vary, which undoubtedly exerts negative influences on deciding the time and value of those words of songs. This paper is a systematic study of the authorship of <Qincao>, and finally decides that the author of <Qincao> must be Cai Yong.