唐寅南游史事考辨——兼论明代中期苏州落第士子的心理调适

Study of Tang Yin's Tours to the South:Psychological Adjustment of Losers in the Imperial Examination of Mid Ming Dynasty

祝允明在为唐寅撰写墓志时,出于避讳逝者生前曾备用于宁藩的事实,将他在正德九年的庐山之游并入弘治十四年至十五年的游程中进行叙述。此外,唐寅首次亲赴仙游九鲤湖祈梦的时间为会试案之后的可能性大于一般认为的乡试之前,后一种看法之所以长期受到肯定,与祝允明在《梦墨亭记》中为相关文句编排的位序有关,实际很可能是并非源自实情的有意设计。唐寅南游史事实况与记载之间的张力,是明人传记文本生成机制复杂性的反映,更是明代中期苏州地区落第士子运用心理暗示方式调适科场挫折的一个典型案例。

In the epitaph of Tang Yin that written by Zhu Yun-ming, his trip to Lushan Mountain in 9th year of the ZhengDe reign was mixed into his long journey to the south during 14th and 15th year of the HongZhi reign, which was to erase the dishonorable experience in Nanchang as a painting attendant. Meanwhile, the widely believed statement that Tang Yin had firstly prayed for dreams in the temple next to Jiulihu lake before his success in the provincial examination was proved to be a falsity to some extent.