《盐铁论》之名义与作者之著作目的考论——兼论所谓“臆造”问题

A Study of the Signification and the Purpose of the Completion of Salt and Iron——Concurrently a discussion on so-called "concoction"

《盐铁论》书名之寓意与作者之著作目的,是《盐铁论》研究中一个聚讼纷纭的话题。本书之所以取名为"盐铁论",当主要缘于该书的创作缘由,作者的著作目的等多方面的原因。前人评述《盐铁论》时,多有指瑕该书后半部分为作者臆造的说法,联系盐铁会议与其原始"议文"的实际而论,这种说法也大多缺乏充实的证据。

The signification and the purpose of the completion of Salt and Iron are the heated topic argued without intermission in the study of the book. Why it is named so comes essentially from the purpose of writing this book, which involves many factors. When the predecessors commented on the book, many criticized it because they thought that the second half was concocted by the author. However, if we put together the meeting of salt and iron and the original conference papers, we can find that this parlance was devoid of substantial evidences.