《三国演义》明清序跋脞论

Argument on Romance of the Three Kingdoms:Preface and Postscript in the Ming and Qing Dynasties

从早期嘉靖壬午本到最终定型的毛评本,明清人为《三国演义》撰写的序跋对其文本定位始终是带有道德教化作用的"羽翼信史"。在此基础上,明清序跋作者对《三国演义》文本的关注点逐渐衍生出新的旁支,《三国演义》文本内容的艺术价值日渐得到人们重视,并被概之以"奇"。序跋内容的重心偏移与明清商品经济的发展联系紧密。通俗小说在官私目录中的类属缺失及基于艺术批评而建构的"奇书"统序,都标示着在杂文学观念的背景下,纯文学观念开始萌生。

From the early Jiajing Renwu version to the final Maoping version,the prefaces and postscripts written by people in Ming and Qing Dynasties for Romance of the Three Kingdoms are always"Yu Yi Xin Shi"with the function of moral education.On this basis,focuses of the authors from the Ming and Qing Dynasties has more extensions on Romance of the Three Kingdoms.The artistic value of the content of Romance of the Three Kingdoms has been attracting more and more attention,which was quoted as"Qi".The focus of the prefaces and postscripts has changed,which is closely related to the development of commodity economy in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.The generic absence of popular novels in official and private catalogues as well as the"Qi Shu"system based on the construction of art criticism indicate the sprout of pure literature concept in the context of mixed literature concept.