上海图书馆藏百廿回《红楼梦》旧抄本考述

Investigation of an Old Hand-Written Copy of A Dream of Red Mansions With 120 Chapters Stored in Shanghai Library

本文作者新近发现于上海图书馆的《红楼梦》旧抄本,乃是一部百廿回“全抄”孤本。其底本早于程高木活字本及早期刻本,版本定位应在梦觉本与程甲本之间。它的发现, 不仅补上早期手抄本与后期刊印本之间的重要版本缺环,也为现存抄本的文字疏证及刻印本源流的理清打下文献基础。

The old manuscript of A Dream of Red Mansions newly discovered in Shanghai Library is an isolated hand - written copy with 120 chapters. The rough draft was made earlier than the movable type text or the early inscribed text. The discovery of this hand - written copy with 120 chapters not only makes up for the missing edition between early manuscripts and late printed editions of the classic novel, but also lays a textual foundation for explaining and confirming the characters and words of the existing manuscripts, as well as for sorting out the origin of inscribed and printed copies of the classic novel.