蔡锷《军事计画》问题三议

A Re-examination of the Issue of Cai E's"Military Plan"

21世纪初,有学者提出刘达武1943年披露的所谓蔡锷《军事计画》,是刘氏"篡自于蒋方震《军事常识》"的伪作,虽然论证中存在若干瑕疵,但并不影响其总体结论的成立。一战爆发后,蔡锷为应对虎视耽耽的日本军国主义,确实撰有并上呈袁世凯一个《军事计划》,但并不是刘达武所披露的那一个,自应将此《军事计画》撤出蔡锷文集。蒋方震撰著的《军事常识》,既不存在"掠人之美"的问题,又含有蔡锷的军事思想,故而可将其作为副录,置于蔡锷文集中。蔡锷的《军事计划》则应以"存目"(散)方式,置于其文集的1914年10月,以示对蒋方震、蔡锷负责,对历史负责。

In the early 21st century,some scholars proposed that the so-called"Military Plan"of Cai E,disclosed by Liu Dawu in 1943,was a forgery by Liu,plagiarized from Jiang Fangzhen's"Military Common Knowledge".While there are some flaws in this argument,it does not affect the overall validity of its conclusions.Following the outbreak of World War I,Cai E did indeed write and present his"Military Strategy"to Yuan Shikai as a countermeasure against aggressive Japanese militarism.However,this document was not the one disclosed by Liu Dawu.Therefore,the"Military Plan"should be removed from Cai E's collected works.Jiang Fangzhen's"Military Common Sense"does not plagiarize Cai E's achievements but also contains Cai E's military thoughts.Therefore,it can be included as an appendix in the collected works of Cai E.Cai E's"Military Strategy"should be cataloged as"Title Only"(lost)in the October 1914 section of his collected works,thereby showing responsibility to Jiang Fangzhen and Cai E,and to history.