“中国宝卷总目提要”之编撰思路与地方性实践——以常熟宝卷为例

The Idea and Local Practice of Compiling the Catalogue of Chinese Precious Scrolls: With Changshu Baojuan as an Example

编撰一部合理的《中国宝卷总目提要》十分必要,但目前至少有4种困境,需要学者从"文献视域"和"实践视域"两方面去多加尝试。前者可借鉴文献目录学的一般原理并已有尝试之作面世,而后者则须以对一个固定地方的长期田野调查为基础,目前尚无先例。江苏常熟宝卷蕴藏量大,种类多样,变化丰富,在全国范围内独树一帜。为之编订总目提要,既可呈现出一个区域的宝卷总貌,又可为"实践视域"的思路提供一个参照样例。其中关于分类问题,最重要的是如何在"本族类型"和"分析类别"之间保持良性张力,以便在公共知识平台上充分展示地方性知识。

It is necessary to compile a reasonable Catalogue of Chinese Precious Scrolls, but there are at least four dilemmas that require more attempts from scholars in both the textual perspective and the practical perspective. The former can be achieved by drawing on the general principles of bibliography and the existing experimental results, while the latter must be based on a long-term fieldwork of a fixed place, which has no precedent yet. Changshu has a large collection of precious scrolls, which is unique in terms of its variety and richness of changes. The compilation of a catalogue for it can not only present a general picture of the precious scrolls in a certain region, but also provide a reference example for the idea of the practical perspective. Among the classification issues, the most important one is how to maintain a good tension between ethnic genre and analytical categories so that we can fully display local knowledge on the public knowledge platform.