“六黄太尉”是六个太尉吗?——兼论《金瓶梅》作者非徐渭或“大名士”

Is Liuhuang Taiwei Actually Six Taiweis?

《金瓶梅词话》中出现的"六黄太尉",最早见于宋元时期的《宣和遗事》,是仅此一见的莫须有的人物和官职。《金瓶梅》引入这个人物,乃实指一个不具姓名的太尉,而非六个。以六黄太尉为六个太尉并以此论证《金瓶梅》的作者是徐渭,显然失察了。面对小说中随处可见的舛误讹夺之处,以徐渭或"大名士"必不能这样粗制滥造为由,拒绝接受这部伟大小说的种种瑕疵,甚至曲为说辞的索隐研究方法,也会不断并且越来越多地遭到合理的质疑。不能因为这些瑕疵而否定《金瓶梅》的伟大价值,也不能为了人为实现它的完美而曲解它在创作过程中暴露出的问题。

Liuhuang Taiw ei,in the novel of The Golden Lotus(Jin Ping Mei)is a fictional figure and official position,w hich w as first found in Xuanhe Yishi,a novel collection published in the Song and Yuan Dynasties.Actually it refers to one anonymous Taiw ei rather than six Taiw eis.This misinterpretation leads to a w rong judgment that Xuw ei,a great man of letter in the M ing Dynasty,w as regarded as the author of The Golden Lotus.Furthermore,the research method is in doubt.Various flaw s exist in the novel,w hich cannot be denied just because w ell-know n Xuw ei,a possible author of the novel,could not produce the w ork w ith those flaw s.Nevertheless,The G olden Lotus’s great value must be recognized,but,it w ill be a mistake to misinterpret or cover up the imperfectness of the novel in order to create a perfect novel.