《四书管窥》的编纂过程及版本源流

The Compilation Process and Version Origin of Sishu Guankui

《四书管窥》是元儒史伯璿积三十年之功力而成的一部学术反思型著作,虽现存版本较多,但大多残缺不全、错讹颇多,版本流传情况亦不明晰。实际上,该书自明初即为两个版本系统并行,以孙诒让玉海楼钞本为代表的民间系统为早期版本,而《四库全书》本所代表的内府系统为修订本。两大版本系统之间存在大量异文,而这些版本异文也是判断版本系统的直接证据。《四书管窥》一书的编纂经历了一个十分漫长的过程,即便是至正六年(1346年)定稿之后,史伯璿也仍在进行该书的修订工作,这也间接造成了传世两大版本系统之间的内容差异。

Sishu Guankui(A Glimpse into The Four Books)is an academic reflective work written by Shi Bo-Xuan,a Yuan Dynasty scholar.Despite the existence of numerous extant versions,most are incomplete and riddled with errors,and the edition pedigree is also unclear.In fact,since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty,the book has been a parallel system of two versions,the folk system represented by Sun Yi-rang's Yuhai Library notes is an early version,while the court system,represented by the Siku Quanshu version,is a revised version.There are significant dissimilarities between these two major version systems,which is also direct evidence for determining the version systems.The compilation of the book underwent a lengthy revision process.Even after the finalization of the manuscript in 1346,Shi Bo-xuan was still engaged in the revision of the book,which indirectly resulted in the textual dissimilarities of the two major version systems.