应当充分肯定《青琐高议》的价值——兼及一种顽固的认识偏颇

On Full Recognition of the Value of Qingsuo Gaoyi(青琐高议)——Concurrently Commenting on a Deep-seated Biased Thinking

宋人刘斧的《青琐高议》是一本极有价值的书:首先是它的辑佚补遗价值;二是作家作品研究之资料价值;三是弥补诗话(词话)或阙的价值;四是史料价值;五是为许多小说、戏曲提供原始材料的价值。但由于孔子以来所提倡之"不语怪、力、乱、神"偏颇认识的影响,从宋而降,一直被斥之为"荒怪"和"低俗"。其实,《青琐高议》中那些描写鬼神怪异之事,虽幻诞诡奇,而质实素朴,成为《聊斋志异》之先河,是文学艺术新异手法之先驱探索者。

The book Qingsuo Gaoyi（青琐高议） written by Liu Fu in the Song Dynasty is one of high academic value.First,it complied and edited scattered manuscripts and made some addendums;second,it provided materials for studies over the works of authors;third,it made up the loss of poetic lines or characters;fourth,it provided historical data for study;and fifth,it supplied the original materials for the creation of many novels and dramas.Due to the negative impact of what Confucius had always preached as ＂（literary creations should） refrain from talk of supernatural phenomena;of extraordinary feats of strength;of crime of unnatural depravity of men;or of supernatural beings＂,the book Qingsuo Gaoyi（青琐高议） had been denounced as being ＂absurd＂ and ＂of vulgar tastes＂.However,the depictions of supernatural phenomena and beings in Qingsuo Gaoyi（青琐高议） are simple and unadorned,which precedes Strange Tales of a Lonely Studio（聊斋志异） to become a pathfinder in new literary styles of expression.