北师大图书馆藏《红楼梦》一百二十回抄本考辨

Identifying the Copy of A Dream in Red Mansions Stored in BNU Library

北京师范大学图书馆藏有一部题名为《红楼梦》的手抄本,钤有近代学者孙人和的藏书章,是目前仅知的带有24幅手绘彩色绣像的《红楼梦》一百二十回抄本。虽有程伟元和高鹗的序言,但与程甲本、程乙本有别。从序言题目、绣像题名、行款格式等特征,以及同正文的比对来看,此本与乾嘉之际的东观阁白文本相同,与嘉庆十六年的东观阁评点本差异较大。应是乾嘉之际,东观阁书坊照程甲本翻刻其白文本之前,在一部程甲本(手书题名"东观阁原本",现藏北大图书馆)上挖改修订,然后再抄录正文、手绘绣像的一个誊清本。现知的几种每面10行、每行22字的一百二十回抄本,皆与东观阁本存在渊源关系,但北师大这部抄本更为完整。可以说这是东观阁白文本刊刻之前的一部誊清的工作底本。在纪念程甲本刊行220年时,这一抄本的披露,使《红楼梦》一百二十回抄本系统的队伍有所壮大,让《红楼梦》东观阁系统的版本增加了新成员。它为我们探寻《红楼梦》一百二十回本的修订历程和传播形式,提供了新的研究视角和新的版本资料。

There is stored a handwritten copy of A Dream in Red Mansions in the Library of Beijing Normal University,with SUN Ren-he＇s book plate.It is currently the only copy that has 24 exquisitely drawn color portraits along a version of 120 chapters.The copy bears prefaces by CHENG Wei-yuan and GAO E,but differs from CHENG＇s first and second copies（1791 and 1792）.The titles of the prefaces,the portrait titles,the styles of the seals,and the comparison with the main parts of the story suggest that this copy is samilar to DongGuanGe Edition that produced during the transition from Qianlong to Jiaqing Throne,but differs to a great extent from that DongGuanGe comment edition appeared in 16th year of Jiaqing Throne.It should therefore be a copy remade from Cheng＇s first copy.This finding then provides a new perspective and version material for further study of the masterpiece.