吴梅《词馀选》探考

An exploration of Wu Mei’s A Selection of Yuan and Ming Non-dramatic Songs

《词馀选》是吴梅在北京大学任教时配合《词馀讲义》而编发的作品教材。1922年秋吴梅到东南大学任教后,仍以《词馀讲义》(改名《曲学通论》)作为教材,但没有再开讲《词馀选》课程,所以这部书稿没有再印。北大图书馆没有收藏,在各种传记及书目里也从未提及。今从南京大学图书馆所藏胡小石教授遗存的图籍中发现此书,可以说是为曲学大师吴梅的研究提供了一份新资料。这是吴梅在1919年至1920年印发给北大文科三年级学生的油印讲义,共172页。内容是元明散曲选讲,以套曲为主。本文介绍了选目和编排体例,与《全元散曲》和《全明散曲》在题目、宫调、作者、字句方面作了些考核,并附有三帧书影。

A Selection of Yuan and Ming Non-dramatic Songs was compiled by Wu Mei as supplementary material when he was teaching at Peking University.In 1922 when he took the teaching chair at Southeast University,he did not use this selection anymore.As it is not collected in the library of Peking University and not on the lists of any biographies and the like,its discovery in the collection left by Hu Xiaoshi provides a valuable source for the research on Wu Mei the great dramatist.