《十驾斋养新录笺注》弁言

Preface to Commentary on Shijiazhai Yangxinlu

钱大昕《十驾斋养新录》素为学林所重,近人至推为清人学术笔记第一,惜其书虽经再校,迄无注本,本论力图填此空缺,为此书作一笺注。笺注之义例,分为"明其源"、"纠其谬"、"补其缺"、"解其惑"、"申其正"、"探其理"、"衡其情"七种。明其源者,探寻钱说之论据也。纠其谬者,订正钱说之谬误也。补其缺者,补充钱说之不周也。解其惑者,解释钱说之疑惑也。申其正者,钱说为正解而他说非则申明其正确也。探其理者,钱说有知其然而不知其所以然则探其所以然也。衡其情者,诸说皆无确证则衡量其情理也。此为《〈十驾斋养新录〉笺注》弁言。

QIAN Da-xin's Shijiazhai Yangxinlu has always been highly respected. It has been even regarded by modern scholars as the best among the Qing academic biji( a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches). However,nobody has written commentaries on this remarkable work in spite of quite a number of collations. Trying to fill in the gap,this paper makes commentaries on this book. The commentaries consist in seven categories as follows:( 1) tracing back to the provenance,that is,to find out the sources of QIAN's views;( 2) rectifying the faults,that is,to correct his errors wherever detected;( 3) filling in the deficiencies,that is,to make complete his explanations which are insufficient;( 4) solving the puzzles,that is,to expound his ideas which may cause doubt;( 5) elaborating on the right,that is,to make clear that for which his views are correct while his opponents' are not;( 6) investigating the raison d'être,that is,to probe into the reason where QIAN only indicates the facts;( 7) making a hypothesis,that is,to suggest the grounds wherever he arrives at a certain conclusion with no proof. This serves the preface.