《醒世姻缘传》评点者葛受之考

The textual research on Ge Shou-zhi of the critic about The Marriage Stories to Awaken Men

《醒世姻缘传》(或称《恶姻缘》)的评点者葛受之应为明末清初人。据《德平葛氏族谱》《光绪德平县志》等文献记载,山东德平葛氏家族的葛元祉字"受之"。从生活年代、家学渊源、人生经历、方言土语等方面,可以断定葛元祉即是《醒世姻缘传》的评点者葛受之。通过葛元祉的生平,可以界定其评点时间的范围、《恶姻缘》的成书时间下限和东岭学道人写作"题识"和刻印《醒世姻缘传》的时间上限。同时,结合当时的社会环境,可以断定"东岭学道人"与葛受之并不相识,而是从第三人的转述中得知其名字的。

Ge Shouzhi,the critic of The Marriage Stories to Awaken Men,should live in the last years of the Ming dynasty or the early years of the Qing dynasty. According to the family geneology of the family surnamed Ge in De Ping County,the De Ping county annals compiled in the period of Guangxu and other documents, Ge Yuanzhi, a member of the family surnamed Ge in De Ping County,is the person whose style name is Shouzhi. According to his living period, family history, personal experience and dialect,we can conclude that Ge Yuanzhi is exactly the critic of The Marriage Stories to Awaken Men （or Bad Marriage） ,Ge Shouzhi. Based on Ge Yuanzhi＇s living period and personal experience, we can define the time range of his criticism,the lower limit of the time for the novel to be written,and the upper limit of the time for the Dongling learning Taoist to write the preface and postscript. Combined with the social environment at that time,it can be concluded that the Dongling learning Taoist and Ge Shouzhi did not know each other. The Dongling learning Taoist knew Ge Shouzhi＇s name from the third person＇s restatement.