《四库全书》本《说郛》杂考

Research of Shuo Fu in the Sikuquanshu

说郛》为明代文言丛书,《四库全书》虽有著录但版本尚存争议。经考证,《四库全书》所收《说郛》并非明刻宛委山堂本,也非顺治通行本原版,而是据顺治通行本分散后的版片补充删削而成。除顺治通行本因政治原因删削的三十余册外,《四库》本又在分散的版片基础上增补进四十余册,导致有同名异书、重收书目等情况,另有少部分几册未补入,盖因版片损坏不得知书名所致。此外需为《四库》本正名,明刻本之后,已有七十余种未见于顺治通行本,因此在清以后令《说郛》渐失原貌的实则为顺治三年(四年)的刊本,而非《四库》本。

ShuoFu, a classic Chinese series written in the Ming dynasty, is collected in the Sikuquanshu （the Imperial Collection of Four Branches of Literature ）, though its version remains controversial. It is found out through research that ShuoFu recorded in the Sikuquanshu is neither Ming＇s edition of Wanweishantang, nor the original Shunzhi＇s common version, but rather the revised version based on scattered plate parts of Shunzhi＇s common version. While 30 volumes were dismissed from Shunzhi＇s version due to some political reasons, over 40 volumes were added into the Sikuquanshu, resulting in different books with the same name, or the same book regathered. Besides, a small number of volumes were not taken in because the damaged plates made the titles unrecognizable. It also should be fair with the version taken by the Sikuquanshu in that after the Ming＇s editions, more than 70 kinds of books had not been seen in the Shunzhi＇s version. Therefore, it is not the Sikuquanshu but rather the Shunzhi＇s version published in the 3rd or 4th year of the reign that is responsible for the gradual loss of its original look of ShuoFu ever since the Qing dynasty.