曹雪芹非曹天祐辨——兼与周巍《曹雪芹生年考辨》一文商榷

Verifying that Cao Xueqin is Not Cao Tianyou:An Argument to Zhou Wei's Textual Research on the Birth Year of Cao Xueqin

周巍《曹雪芹生年考辨》考辨曹雪芹生年为康熙五十四年(1715),其论证的前提是将曹雪芹认定为曹颙之子,即曹頫(曹颙堂弟)于康熙五十四年三月初七日上皇帝奏折所云"奴才之嫂马氏,因现怀妊孕已及七月"所生之遗腹子。而据现存《八旗满洲氏族通谱》和《五庆堂重修曹氏宗谱》可知,曹颙单传之遗腹子乃曹天祐:"天祐,颙子,官州同"。其考证之生年实为天祐生年。既云单传,则其论暗含了曹天祐即曹雪芹的结论,其说混淆茫昧,当误。

In his Textual Research on the Birth Year of Cao Xueqin, Zhou Wei pins down Cao Xueqin＇ s birth year at the 54＇h year of Kangxi（ 1715 ）, with the presupposition that Cao Xueqin was a son of Cao Yong, i. e. , the posthumous child mentioned in a letter to the emperor in that year by Cao Yong＇ s brother Cao Fu. However, according to some existing genealogical documents of Manchu family and Cao＇s family, Cao Yong＇ s only posthumous child was Cao Tianyou. So this year should be Cao Tianyou＇ s birth year, and the conclu- sion in Zhou＇ s paper is confusing and wrong.