《史记》未著录《淮南子》原因及作者问题考论

Why didn't the Records of the Historian mention Huai Nan Zi

《淮南子》撰成于汉文帝末期,刘安综括其要题名《鸿烈》,因武帝严加禁锢,太史令司马迁也未能一睹该书之宏观。东汉刘向校订石室书籍时,取名《淮南》,东汉人题名《淮南子》、《刘安子》,唐宋之际又名《淮南鸿烈》。相关文献证明,《鸿烈》的作者自东汉以来,普遍认为除刘安外,另有道家苏飞等八公及儒家大、小山等人,及赵贤、朱骄如两位兵家和九位精通《易》学的宾客。

Huan Nan Zi was completed in the late years of the reign of Emperor Wendi of the Western Han Dynasty and was titled Hong Lie by Liu An. The book was banned by Emperor Wudi and was not available even to Sima Qian, the author of the Records of the Historian. The name Huai Nan or Huai Nan Zi came quite late, in the Eastern Han Dynasty and was renamed Hong Lie Huai Nan after the Tang Dynasty. The author of the book, according to general academic opinion, is Liu An, although some people attribute it to others.