金圣叹与周计百交往揭秘

Research on the Friendship between JIN Sheng-tan and ZHOU Ji-bai

清初嵇永仁《与黄俞邰》书云“周计百使君司李廖南 ,读《才子书》,慕圣叹为人 ,遣使赍舟车之费 ,往迎之。圣叹适有唐诗选 ,未赴也 ,然业已心许之。越明年 ,使君梦一人披发跣足 ,耸身案上 ,蒙面而泣曰 :“我圣叹也 !”使君晨起 ,谓客曰 :“圣叹休也 !”遣使再至吴门 ,始知使君梦中之夕 ,即圣叹绝命之晨”,所涉金圣叹与周计百交往之事 ,近代俞樾已不知其详 ,今人更均以荒诞怪异视之。其实“计百”为河南延津周令树之字 ,时任江西赣州府推官 ,其雅慕圣叹 ,可谓神交 ,两人交往实迹基本可考。由此还可推知 ,圣叹临终遗诗之三“东西南北海天疏 ,万里来寻圣叹书。圣叹只留书种在 ,累君青眼看何如”,当是向其托孤之作。在金圣叹生命后期 ,清高狂傲、才气英发的周令树乃是其重要友人之一。

Little research has been carried out about the life experience and the friends making of JIN Sheng tan , a great figure in literature and culture of the late Ming and the early Qing . By means of some documents such as the poetic proses and the local chronicles together with the comprehensive research of his works ,an overall investigation is unfolded about his friendship with ZHOU Ji bai . Relative findings contribute to a further understanding of JIN Sheng tan .