清华简《金縢》性质与成篇辨证

Characteristic and Formation of the Bamboo Slips “Jinteng” Kept in Tsinghua University

清华简《金縢》虽是战国抄本,但与传世之《尚书·金縢》差异并不大,应该有着共同的"祖本"。通过对两本的细致比对,我们发现二者的差异基本属于文献流传过程中自然损伤的范畴。传本《金縢》对"祖本"作了增删并存在一定程度的误读,简本则有所删节且脱漏了一支简。从简文对人物的称谓以及简书上不规律的墨点来看,简本入土前可能是一种流行于楚地用于贵族书教的教材。

Since the bamboo slips ＂Jinteng＂ kept in Tsinghua University was a transcript in the period of Warring States, there was not much difference between it and ＂Shangshu · Jinteng＂. These two editions may have the same source. A detailed comparison between the two editions showed that the differences were caused by the natural damages during the spread of literature. The present edition had misrepresented the original one and made some mistakes; the slip edition abbreviated it and lost one slip. The title of the characters in the slip edition and dots on the back of the bamboo slips indicated that this book might be a kind of teaching material for aristocratic education in the area of Chu.