劉師培變節自述及詩旨發覆:以新發現《與章太炎書》爲中心

Re-examine Liu Shipei’s Apostasy,Inner World and Connotation of His Poetry,Based on the New discovery of Liu’s“A Letter to Zhang Taiyan”

《亞細亞報》(北京)所載《劉申叔與章太炎書》,爲劉師培1912年3月寫給章太炎的信札,尚未爲學界所知。這是他唯一一次以當事人立場,反駁"變節"説,爲個人清白作辯護的重要文件。信札中劉氏承認了1908年初曾接受端方資助,但堅決否認曾做過刺探革命情報,告密清廷的舉動,並指出入端方幕府是出於無奈,且受到監視和挾持,雖曾計劃逃離,而終未成功。這些信息都爲進一步研究劉師培及其變節提供了新的線索。爲了證實所言非虚,劉師培在信中還舉出所刊《左盦詩》爲證,據此則又可進行詩史互證,印證信件内容的真實性,抉發其變節後的幽微心緒,並糾正歷來學者對《左盦詩》的誤讀。

"A Letter to Zhang Taiyan",published in"Asia News"(Beijing),is written by Liu Shipei in March 1912,which is not yet known to the academia.As an important document,this was the only time Liu used the position of the parties concerned to refute the"renegade"saying and defend his innocence.In the letter,Liu admitted that he had received funding from Duanfang in early 1908,but he firmly denied that he had done spying on revolutionary intelligence and informing the Qing court.He also pointed out that he hold a post in Duanfang’s bureau with desperation and was under surveillance and hostage.Even though he had planned fleeing,he ultimately failed.All these information provide new clues for further research on Liu Shipei and his apostasy.In the letter,in order to verify that what he said is true,Liu also cited his collection of poems,"ZuoAn Poetry",as evidence.Based on this,we can conduct mutual verification between poetry and history,confirm the authenticity of the letter content,and seek the inner world and real connotation from His Poetry.Moreover we can correct the misunderstanding of"ZuoAn Poetry".