《水浒传》成书时间研究方法的比较分析

A Comparison and Analysis of Research Methods on the Completion Time for Water Margin

《水浒传》的成书时间问题在学术界至今仍然是一个谜,就目前学术界研究现状来说,关于《水浒传》成书时间的研究方法主要有三种,即内证法、作者考察法、文献传播法。这三种研究方法各有得失,前两种缺陷明显,较为正确的研究方法当为文献传播法。

The completion time for Water Margin is still in dispute in the academic circles.The research methods based on internal evidence,author investigation and literature are applied more frequently to prove its completion time.In comparison,the former two methods have obvious defects,while the third one is more scientific.