“《文选》编次无序”辨

An Argumentation on “the Orderless Arrangement of the Writings in the Selections of Refined Literature”

《文选》编次涉及政治与学术及文学等因素,须参照《汉志》《文心雕龙》等著述,也涉及作为昭明太子所编纂,其间自然包含礼乐建设、祥瑞点缀、体国经野等义项,当然也要维护或营造储君萧统之形象,这一切均属《文选》编次的内在逻辑和依据。

The order of arrangement of the writings in the Selections of Refined Literature(《文选》)involved political,academic,and literary factors.Its study should take for reference such writings as the Records of Art and Literature from the Chronicles of the Han Dynasty(《汉书艺文志》)and the Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons(《文心雕龙》).As the general collection of literary writings compiled by Crown Prince Zhaoming(昭明太子),the Selections of Refined Literature naturally included such entries as the construction of rituals and music,auspicious embellishments,and strategies of state governance.And it was certainly necessary to maintain and create the positive image of the Crown Prince Xiao Tong(萧统).All of the factors above contributed to the inherent rationale in the compilation of the Selections of Refined Literature.