马叙伦《说文解字六书疏证》成书考论

A Textual Research on the Compilation Process of "Exegesis on Six Scripts in Shuowen Jiezi" by Ma Xulun

《说文解字六书疏证》为马叙伦"《说文》学"巨著,但对其撰写、成书及出版诸问题,学界多有歧见。通过考证可知,此书构撰始于民国元年,经过"初创稿"和"复创稿"的探索后,马氏重新调整体例,并于1917年开始今本撰写。抗战期间,以"报国之术,不限同途"为念埋首著述,于1939年写毕正文廿八卷,经四载雠校,1933年巨著告成。后以小楷写定全稿,1957年科学出版社影印线装以行。

＂Exegesis on Six Scripts in Shuowen Jiezi＂ is a comprehensive masterpiece of Ma Xulun. There is no consensus on when it was completed and published. Through textual research,we find that this book was written since 1912. After completed ＂ the first draft＂ and ＂ the second draft＂,he adjusted the style,and began to write the current version in 1917. During the Anti- Japanese War,with ＂ patriotic,not limited to a kind of way＂ as belief,he completed the writing of the 28 volumes of the main body in 1939. After four years of proofreading and correcting,he finalized the monumental works in 1943. After copying manuscripts with small regular script,Shu Zheng is published in the form of collotype by Science Press in 1957.