梁章钜《楹联续话》初刻本考论

Identification of the Newly-Found Edition of Yinlianxuhua

已知的清代梁章钜的《楹联续话》虽然版式不一,但属于同一版本系统,即道光二十三年南浦寓斋刻本。据笔者所知,道光二十三年以后重刻的版本以及现代人整理的标点本,都结尾于"问者大笑而退",共计301则联话。笔者最近发现一个新的《楹联续话》版本,虽与道光二十三年南浦寓斋刻本系根据同一版刊刻的,却在结尾于"问者大笑而退"这则联话条目之后多出一则,即共计302则联话。因此,该版本应是未删本,即初刻本。

Yinlianxuhua, written by Liang Zhangju in the Qin Dynasty, has been known with various editions but same in content. To the knowledge of the writers, all the editions published after the 23nd year of Daoguang Emperor＇s rule ended with the sentence ＂the questioner laughed aloud and retreated （wen zhe da xiao er tui）＂. Yet the version the writers newly found features one more episode after the aforementioned ending sentence. Therefore, it should have been the unabridged, thus the initial edition.