笙诗考论

A Study on Sheng Poetry

今本《毛诗·小雅》中收有六篇有义无辞的诗作,由于它们在表演之时以笙为演奏工具,故被称为"笙诗"。自宋代以来,学界提出笙诗没有本辞的说法,并进一步指出《毛诗序》记载的六则笙诗小序皆为汉儒就诗题附会而成。此说深远地影响了后世学者对笙诗相关问题的判断。本文结合相关文献资料,就关涉笙诗的两个核心问题——《毛诗序》所载笙诗小序是否可靠、笙诗是否存在本辞——进行考察论证,推定《笙诗序》的内容确然可据,笙诗具备本辞。并在此基础上,对《毛诗序》一部序与二部序的成文时间作出更加细致的论证。

There are six poems without texts in Xiaoya from Mao poetry which are called Sheng poetry due to be composed with sheng(笙).Some scholars from Song dynasty considered that the texts were not originally existed in Sheng poetry,which influences the study of Sheng poetry deeply.Based on relevant data,this paper investigates and demonstrates the two core issues related to Sheng poetry:whether the preamble of Sheng poetry contained in Maoshixu is reliable and whether there is an original version of Sheng poetry.The answer to both questions is yes.On the base of the consideration,this paper determines the completion time of the first and second versions of Maoshixu.