关于梅妃与《梅妃传》

About Concubine Mei and Biography of Concubine Mei

梅妃之事至迟在晚唐已见于著述,这与今本《梅妃传》跋文所记“大中二年”写本,正为同时。有关梅妃其人的怀疑应该慎重,决不能贸然断其子虚乌有、宋人杜撰。今本《梅妃传》无名氏跋文真实可信。《梅妃传》有一唐写本,撰者不明,语辞凡俗,经跋文作者润色,而成今本面貌。从叶梦得的仕履和叶廷《海录碎事》等信息可知,今本《梅妃传》写定时间大约在叶梦得移任福州的绍兴十三年至十八年的五年间(1143-1148),而其定稿者当是与叶梦得年龄相若之闽籍人士。

There were some works mentioned the story of Concubine Mei in the late Tang Dynasty. And the record in the postcript of Biography of Concubine Mei also noted the 2nd year of Dazhong. Since these two evidences showed the same time of Concubine Mei, it should be careful to accept the statement that Concubine Mei was an imagination of some people in the Song Dynasty and did not exist in the history. The postscript, written by anonymous writer, for Biography of Concubine Mei published at present that came from a piece of writing in the Tang Dynasty and touched up by the postscript writer, was believable. From the personal record of Ye Mengde＇ s official career and some information like Hai Lu Suishi by Ye tinggui, it could be certain that the finished time of Biography of Concubine Mei was approximately from the 13^th year to 18^th year of Shaoxing Period（ 1143 - 1148） when Ye Mengde took an official position in Fuzn and of similar ahou. And the one finalizing the book should be someone from Fujiage with Ye Mengde.