论刘永济的说部流别研究

Liu Yongji's Studies on Schools of Fiction

刘永济的小说研究成果,名为《说部流别》,而他对不同流别之小说的研究,也始终贯彻了一个原则:尊重不同类型小说的特点,从不同的角度、用不同的标准加以考察。对于"两汉六朝杂记小说"、"唐代短篇小说"和"宋元以来章回小说",他分别借鉴了班固、纪昀所倡立的子部小说尺度、洪迈等人"唐人小说""与诗律同称一代之奇"的视角以及耐得翁、郎瑛以来诸多通俗小说行家的理论。刘永济不盲从一家,不拘泥一隅,表现出一个现代学者的通达和气度。而他丰厚的学术积累和对于中国古代各种文体的深入研究,也有助于他对小说作品做出准确的评鉴,其成果因而见解不俗,特点鲜明。

Liu Yongji＇s achievement in fiction studies was named Schools of Fiction.His studies on fictions in different schools had always implemented one principle：respecting the characteristics of different types of fiction and studying them from different perspectives and with different criteria.He referred to the criteria of radical novels proposed by Ban Gu and Ji Yun when it came to Note Fiction in the Han and the Six Dynasties.While studying short stories in the Tang dynasty,he agreed with Hong Mai and others＇ idea that they were as outstanding as metrical poems.His study of the chapter novels in the Ming and Qing dynasties were based on the theories of those popular fiction experts such as Nai Deweng and Lang Ying.Liu Yongji never blindly followed a single expert or been limited to a single vision,and showed his wisdom and tolerance as a modern scholar.His opulent academic accumulation and his intensive studies on styles of literature in ancient China helped him to make accurate comments on fictions.Accordingly,his academic works were full of unique and excellent opinions.