“饮中八仙”的演化与李白为“翰林供奉”的时间问题

The Evolvement of "Eight Immortals" and the Time for Li Bai Being a "Hanlin Gongfeng"

考索现存资料,知盛唐"饮中八仙"有两说:一无裴周南,一有裴周南,迄今仍没有为大家认同的解释。实际上,"饮中八仙"本来就不很固定,是盛唐俗传的结果,而人们乐道的长安会饮是不太可能的,李白开元、天宝间两入长安的史实也为"饮中八仙"的演化增一佐证。同时,"翰林供奉"与"翰林学士"分野于开元二十六年,及此年前后李白仍在长安为"翰林供奉"的史实表明:开元间李白确实到过长安,寓居时间在十年左右。准此,李白这段时间的作品就需要重新编年、重新研究,《新唐书.李白传》也需要修正。

There are two versions of ＂Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup＂ ： one with Pei Zhounan, the other not. So far there has been no unanimous explanation. We argue that the ＂Eight Immortals＂ is the product of folk stories in the prime Tang and has no set composition. We also believe that it is impossible for the Eight Immortals＇ gathering together in Chang＇an. The historical fact that Li Bai went to Chang＇an twice would serve as the evidence for evolvement of ＂Eight Immortals＂. In addition, the facts that ＂Hanlin Gongfeng＂ （attendant to the sovereign as an academician of the Imperial Academy） changed into ＂Hanlin Scholar＂ in the 26th yearof Kaiyuan and that Li Bai served as a ＂Hanlin Gongfeng＂ at the time imply that Li Ban did go to Chang＇an during the Kaiyuan period and stayed for about 10 years in the capital. If this is true, the chronology of Li Bai＇s works during the period should be redone and the Biography of Li Bai in the New Book of Tang needs to be corrected.