《汉书·艺文志》不著录谶纬论

Why No Chen-Wei Documents in HanShu

《汉书·艺文志》没有著录谶纬书,但这并不能说明西汉哀帝、平帝前就没有谶纬文献的存在。因为时代政治原因,刘向不会著录谶纬书;刘歆有熟悉谶纬书的可能,但未增添《别录》的内容,故《七略》不著录谶纬书;西汉谶纬书的收藏之所在太史不在秘书,而《汉志》中也有类似谶纬的书籍。更重要的是,班固作《汉志》前有光武帝钦定图谶81篇,有别于从西汉到新莽时期的谶纬文献,故难以著录。

Chen-Wei documents are not recoded in HanShu＇s yiwen Records although in which includes some contents similar to Chen-Wei.However,we can＇t deny the possibility of its existence before Emperor Ai and Emperor Ping in later Han Dynasty.Due to political reasons,neither LiuXiang nor LiuXin would compile Chen-Wei in BieLu or in QiLue.The reason why no ChenWei documents in HanShu is that the agency named Taishi took charge of Chen-Wei documents instead of Mishu in later Han Dynasty.In addition,before the birth of Yiwen Records in HanShu written by BanGu,Emperor Guangwu already authorized 81 Chen-Wei in public which is quite different from the Chen-Wei Documents published during later Han Dynasty and Xin Dynasty period,so BanGu can not compile other Chenwei documents in HanShu.