《四库全书考证》的成书及主要内容

On the Compilation and Content of SIKUQUANSHU KAOZHENG

黄签是指选取《四库》书原有的校签中较合适的,用黄纸誊抄清楚,粘于进呈本相应校改之处的眉端,专供进呈御览之用的校签。一般来说,《四库》书经纂修、分校、覆校等校办后,粘贴校签,然后经由总纂、总校、总裁等审核,酌定、认可其中的一些校签,并从中选取一些写成黄签。可以说,黄签是校签的精选。《四库全书考证》即是汇编、加工上述黄签而成的。其所收的考订,既包括讹、衍、阙、倒置等一般问题的校正,也包括史实、观点等的校正。尽管相对于所有《四库》书的所有考订而言,《四库全书考证》所收很有限,但其文献价值应该得到充分的肯定。

The yellow notes comprise good notes which were copied on slips of yellow paper and stamped on the top of the page of the SIKUQUANSHU,which were submitted to Emperor Qian Long for final examination.In general,firstly,compilers,collators and advanced collators wrote and stamped the notes on the page of drafts of the SIKUQUANSHU after they had revised and collated these books.Secondly,Directors-General,Chief Editors and Chief collators selected some notes to be copied on slips of yellow paper.In conclusion,the yellow notes are selected notes.The SIKUQUANSHU KAOZHENG is the collection of the yellow notes,which consist not only of revisions of wrong,redundant,absent and disordered words,but also of revisions of historical accounts and viewpoints.The SIKUQUANSHU KAOZHENG has high literature value while not all yellow notes are in it.