屠隆传奇《昙花记》自序全文的发现及作年考辨

The Discovery and an Analysis of Tu Long's Complete Preface to His Play Tanhua ji

屠隆传奇《昙花记》现存诸版本的自序均为残篇。本文于《甬上屠氏宗谱》中发现自序全文,藉此勾勒屠隆对戏曲文体的理解由"嘲风弄月"向"以戏为佛事"的转变,并考辨出自序残篇中的"五十四"并非指该剧的作年,而是指作者开始"长斋修梵"的年岁,纠正了以往学者对该剧作年的误判。

Tu Long＇s preface to his play Tanhua ji in existing editions is incomplete. This paper has discovered the complete preface in the genealogy of Tu Long＇s clan. Based on a close reading of this preface, my paper demonstrates the transformation of Tu Long＇s understanding of religious cultivation and dramatic composition. It further argues that Tu Long＇s age＂fifty-four＂mentioned in the preface does not refer to the year in which the play was written, but to the year in which Tu Long started maintaining the monastic discipline of not eating after noon and cultivating pure Buddhist practices.