《耕织图》的版本与源流

The Origin,Development and Editions of“Imagesof Plough and Weaving”

《耕织图》是南宋以来官刻和民间刻本众多、流传有序的重要古籍之一。从其问世起,它就成为反映各王朝统治者表白“知稼穑之艰难及蚕桑之始末”的代表性出版物。最早由南宋绍兴年间楼(1091—1162)所绘制的《耕织图》得到了宋高宗的赏识。之后《耕织图》在宋、元、明、清几代都得到了官方的认可,出现了各种官刻的版本。坊间刻本和流传到朝鲜、日本的刻本也都数量众多,为我们研究中国古籍的版本源流提供了一个甚好的标本。本文尝试分析《耕织图》各时代版本的特点和递变情况,以期达到管中窥豹之效。

To depict sense of farmers'work in the field and process of making silk from silkworm has become one of the important themes of Royal paining academy since Southern Song.Behind it,emperors wanted to use their attention to this theme to indicate their concern of ordinary people's daily life and well-being.Based on the original set of images of farming and silk making accompanying with poems attributed to Lou Shou(1091-1162)in Southern Song,various editions of Imagesof Plough and Weaving in printed form have been handed down to later dynasties to become one of the publications that shares traceable sequences of distribution through Song,Yuan,Ming and Qing.The study of origin,development and variation of this publication allow us to better understand the characteristics of products of royal printing houses and their private counterparts in different dynasties.