罗愿《新安志》的成功与曲笔酿成的悲剧

The Success of Luo Yuan’s Xin’an Records and the Tragedy Resulted from Being Economical with the Truth

罗愿《新安志》是宋代方志定型代表作,体例上完善物产、贡赋等经济类专志的设立,辖县独立成卷;行文章法反对"抄取记簿",重在著述;记述人物"有褒无贬",典范乡里。罗愿父亲罗汝楫是秦桧死党,参与陷害岳飞,《新安志》曲笔为亲者讳,凡与岳飞案有关史实皆隐讳。罗愿知鄂州不敢参拜境内的岳飞庙,对父罪和曲笔遗憾难以释怀,后以为有政绩,前往祭祀,猝死岳飞像前,酿成不该发生的悲剧。

Luo Yuan’s Xin’an Records is a masterpiece setting the style for local records in the Song Dynasty. Stylistically speaking, it perfected the establishment of special records on the economy such as 'produces, tributes and taxes', with separate volumes for the respective counties under governance; it rejected the 'bookkeeping' way of writing, firmly putting the emphasis on originality; in recording persons, it 'praises rather than criticizes' so as to put up role models for the rural neighborhood. Luo Yuan’s father, Luo Ruji, as Qin Hui’s diehard supporter, got himself involved in the framing up of Yue Fei. Xin’an Records, in the spirit of being economical with the truth, held back all historical facts connected with the case of Yue Fei to puff up the image of the author’s kin. Luo Yuan, as the governor of Yue Zhou, did not dare to pay tribute to the Yue Fei Temple in Yue Zhou. Yet he felt it hard to forget about his father’s crime and regretted about his dishonest treatment of historical facts. When certain achievements were made during his term of office, he went to pay tribute to the temple but died suddenly in front of Yue Fei’s Statute, leaving us a tragedy that should never have happened.