《花间集》为“选本”之说献疑

Questioning on Anthology of Hua Jian Ji

自明万历四十三年(1615)汤显祖笺评《花间集》开始,《花间集》一直被学界视为一部文人词选集,从未有人提出异议。实际上,《花间集》缺乏选集的必备要素和常见特征,却具有总集的诸多特征。所以,《花间集》更象是词总集而不象词选集。《花间集》作为总集比作为选集更能反映问题的实质,更有研究价值。但是,为万无一失,还是把《花间集》视为词集为宜,是总是选可存而不论。

Hua Jian Ji has been regarded as an anthology commented by Tang Xianzu from years of 1615. However, it lacks some elements of anthology, but has many features of sylloge. Therefore, Hua Jian Ji is more likely to be a ci sylloge, which can reflect the essence of the problem and has more research value. Whatever Hua Jian Ji is an anthology or a sylloge, it is advisable to regard it as a ci collection.