《淮南子》书名演变考论

Research on Huainan Zi's Variational Names

《淮南子》一书的名称历经千年演变,共出现了十多个不同的称呼。在成书之初,淮南王刘安将其定名为《鸿烈》,意欲向世人昭示他的成就。不久,刘向就代表官方将谋逆的淮南王书改称为《淮南》,并分内、中、外篇。内篇即是指代《鸿烈》,故《汉书》又称其为《内书》、《淮南内》。东汉中后期起,该书被尊称为《淮南子》,列入子书。当时的文人著述有时也以《淮南书》、《淮南记》、《刘安子》来指称。魏晋以来,《鸿烈》、《淮南》二名合成《淮南鸿烈》一名,有人又误把高诱的《鸿烈解》归之刘安名下。宋明学者亦不辨原文和注文,又以《淮南鸿烈解》之名代称《淮南子》。

Huannan Zi had more than ten book names during its spread for one thousand years.After its completion the book was named Honglie by Liu An, the King of Huainan, aiming at boasting his achievement. Later, Liu the middle part and the Xiang changed the name into Huainan and divided the book into the inner part, outer part. The inner part refers to Honglie, so Ban Gu named it Nieshu or Huainannei in Han Shu. Since the mid-late period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the book had been known as Huainan Zi and listed in Zi Shu. There were also other names, such as Huainan Shu, Huainan Ji, Liu An Zi in works of scholars. From Wei and Jin Dynasties, Honglie and Huainan were synthesized into one name as Huainan Honglie. Somebody misclassified Gao You＇s Honglie Jie as Liu An＇s work. As a result, Huainan Honglie Jie was equated with Huainan Zi by scholars of Song and Ming Dynasties.