宋代植物谱录的撰者身份与知识来源

The Authors’Identity and Knowledge Sources of Plant Genealogies in the Song Dynasty

宋代植物谱录的作者大多出身士人阶层,主要通过培植、观赏、宦游以及读书等几种方式获取植物知识。儒学“格物致知”的思潮启发了士人创作植物谱录的兴趣,他们一方面注重所记录植物知识的真实性,另一方面则希望通过阐释草木之理以达到“穷理”的目的。在此过程中,花工这一群体在植物知识的更新演进方面发挥了重要作用,但由于他们和士人“穷理”的目标不相关,最终使得这些植物知识真正的创造者反而隐匿于文本中。借由对植物谱录作者及其知识来源的考察,可还原宋代植物知识生产和传播的方式,进而从知识社会史的视角观照社会思潮对于植物知识书写的影响。

During the Song Dynasty,the authors of plant genealogies were predominantly from the literati class,who mainly acquired the plant knowledge through activities such as cultivation,garden observation,official travels,and scholarly pursuits.Influenced by the Confucian ethos of“Gewu(studying phenomena of nature)”,these intellectuals were inspired to compile plant genealogies.Emphasizing the authenticity of recorded botanical information,they also sought to elucidate the underlying principles of plants to achieve a deeper understanding.In this process,the group of gardeners played an important role in the renewal and evolution of plant knowledge.However,diverging from the scholars’pursuit of deep understanding,the true innovators behind the botanical knowledge remained obscured within the texts.Through an examination of the authors of plant genealogies and their sources of knowledge,this study aims to reconstruct the methods of production and dissemination of botanical knowledge during the Song Dynasty.It also seeks to analyze the impact of intellectual trends on the documentation of botanical knowledge from the perspective of the history of knowledge society.