《红楼梦》版本变异的活化石——毛子水《脂砚斋重评石头记影印本第二次重印跋》异文录及启示

A Mirror- image of Version Variation of Dream of Red Mansions:the Errors in Transcribed Postscripts of Prof.Mao Tzu- shui's on the Novel

毛子水1975年所作《脂砚斋重评石头记影印本第二次重印跋》文,近年来分别被宋广波、邓遂夫转录于其红学著作中。这篇仅六百余字的短文,排印和转录中出现的错字、别字、漏字、改字等竟达九处之多,甚至有人名误识和年代错乱,与《红楼梦》版本中异文如出一辙。对比《红楼梦》版本异文和毛子水跋文排印、转录中出现的错误,对于正确认识、评价和研究《红楼梦》版本异文,探讨《红楼梦》版本变异和准确校注《红楼梦》等,有一定启示作用。

Prof. Mao T zu- shui's postscript on the 1975 photocopy of ancient Dream of Red Mansions version 1754 w as transcribed by M r. Song Guangbo and M r. Deng Suifu into their books respectively in recent years. Incredibly,there exist a few text differences and errors in the transcriptions,which are much similar to those in different versions of Dream of Red Mansions. To some extent,the errors in transcribed postscripts of Prof. M ao T zu- shui's are the mirror- image or living fossil of the version variation of Dream of Red Mansions. Comparatively analyzing the errors in the transcriptions with those in various versions of Dream of Red Mansions,the researchers could get helpful inspirations to evaluate the text differences and collate or revise Dream of Red Mansions more correctly and accurately.