清代别集中的古文自记

On the Self-record of Ancient Prose in the Individual Works in the Qing Dynasty

清代别集中有一个引人注目的现象,即很多所录古文作品后附有自记。自记的运用当然不限于某一种文体,但在古文创作中最为多见。这既是清代学风影响下古文创作学术化的表征,也是古文家在强烈的经世目的及激烈的创作竞争驱使下努力推动其作品传播以求为人所知、所重的结果。作为一种副文本,清代古文自记为我们了解作者的古文观念,把握作品的写作动机、背景、经过、内容、写作特点及接受情况等,提供了大量珍贵的第一手资料。

Many ancient prose writers were fond of attaching their own notes(or self-knowledge)to their individual works,which was a prevailing and particularly noticeable phenomenon in the Qing Dynasty.Of course,the application of self-record was not limited to a certain style,but it was most common in ancient prose creation.It is not only a sign of the academic creation of ancient prose under the influence of the strong academic atmosphere in the Qing Dynasty,but also an outcome of the efforts of ancient prose writers in the Qing Dynasty to promote the dissemination of their works in order to be known and valued under the strong practical purpose and fierce creative competition at that time.As a kind of paratext,the self-record of ancient prose in the Qing Dynasty provides us with a large amount of first-hand information for understanding the authors’concepts of writing,and grasping the writing motivation,backgrounds,processes,content,characteristics and the readers’acceptance condition.