关于《庚子国变弹词》的资料来源

On the Material Resource of The Lyric Story-telling of 1900 National Calamity

本文考证了李伯元的一部重要作品——《庚子国变弹词》的资料来源问题。文章通过将《弹词》文本与报章汇辑本《西巡大事本末记》及其盗印本《西巡回銮始末记》的对勘共读,指出《西巡大事本末记》一书实为李氏写作《庚子国变弹词》的直接依据;从而使李伯元"取材于中西报纸者十之四五"的自我表白具体化,并可由此进一步了解《弹词》的写作情况。

This paper investigates the material resources of one of Li Boyuan＇ s important works： The Lyric Story -telling of 1900 National Calamity. Based on the comparison between the text of The Lyric Story-telling and the compiled newspaper digest version Recordation of Events During the West Inspection Tour, and its pirate version Recordation of West Inspection Tour Redux, this paper points out that the Recordation of Events During the West In- spection Tour was the direct reference of Li＇ s The Lyric Story - telling of 1900 National Calamity. This conclusion has substantialized Li＇s own declaration that ＂40 -50% of the materials are draw from newspapers at home and abroad. From here we can go further in understanding the creation situation of this lyric story -telling.