《路史》说略

A Brief Investigation on Luo Mi's Lushi(《路史》the Grand History)

南宋罗泌撰、其子罗苹注之《路史》,历来被视为研究中国史前史及神话学之重要参考书。该书引用古籍极多,而其中许多已经亡佚,故又具有极高的校勘、辑佚与史料价值。此外,此书于考察罗泌其人,进而窥探时代思想、文化、学术风貌,于训诂学、修辞学、辞书建设等,亦颇有研究价值。然而《路史》其书至今未见整理之本面世,其文本、版本又错误百出,难读难解,完全超出一般人之想象,用之稍有不慎,则极易以讹传讹。

Lushi(《路史》the Grand History),written by Luo Mi in Southern Song Dynasty and annotated by Luo Mi’s son Luo Ping,has always been regarded as an important reference book for studying Chinese prehistoric history and mythology.As the book quoted a lot of ancient books,but many of them have already disappeared,so it has a very high value for collation,compilation and historical materials.In addition,this book is also valuable for investigating the person Luo Mi,and then glimpsing the thoughts,culture,academic features of the times,the construction of exegesis,rhetoric,and dictionaries.However,the collated book of Lushi(《路史》the Grand History)has never been published yet,and there are so many errors in its texts and versions that it is diffi cult to read and understand.It is completely beyond the imagination of ordinary people,so it is easy to follow the errors.