冯梦龙史实三考

Textual Research on Historical Facts Concerning Feng Menglong

新见冯勖履历,乃考证冯梦龙家世重要发现。考辨文献资料,探讨《古今谭概》书名、《情史》编者及两部书之编刊时间,认为《古今谭概》为题刻印在先,《古今笑》易名重版在后,《古今谭概》纂辑成书的时间不会早于万历四十三年(1615);《情史》乃冯梦龙辑评,亦毋庸置疑,其成书当在天启三年宋存标《情种》辑刊之后至《古今小说》编辑成书之前,即约在天启三、四年之间。

Some important literature have been recently found,which can be viewed as a great discovery in research on Feng Menglong’s parentage.Based on discussing the title of A Chat about the Present and the Past,the editor of History of Love and the compiling time of the two books,the paper holds that the title of A Chat about the Present and the Past was printed first and then was renamed Comic Stories in the Present and the Past and published and that the compiling time of A Chat about the Present and the Past was not earlier than 1615(43th year of Wanli).It also finds that History of Love was compiled and reviewed by Feng Menglong and that it was completed after Song Cunbiao’s Stories of Love Fools and before Feng’s Stories Old and New,that is,between the third and fourth year of Tianqi.