南京图书馆藏孤本《藏山稿外编》考述

A Study of the Only Existing Copy of Cang Shan Gao Wai Bian Collected in Nanjing Library

《藏山稿外编》二十四册,目前仅见南京图书馆收藏,系明末遗民徐芳的绝笔之作,诸家藏书目均题作不分卷,但据卷端题名可知应分九卷。该书没有采用按数字或文字(上中下)分卷的方式,而是在每卷卷端以书名、著者和阅者的方式分卷。从笔迹可以看出,一人抄写小说的前两卷共八册,另一人抄写剩下七卷共十六册,在流传过程中两人所抄的部分各有一册混入对方所抄书中。该书在流传过程中卷次顺序被打乱,造成内容混乱芜杂的现象,但实际上该书编排颇有规律系统可寻,即按故事主题相同原则分卷结集。《藏山稿外编》为全面系统研究徐芳的小说思想、家世生平、明代科举制度、社会风俗与文人思想等提供了重要的文献。

The 24 volumes of Cang Shan Gao Wai Bian are currently only found in the collection of Nanjing Library.It is the final work of Xu Fang,a survivor of the late Ming Dynasty.The book titles of various collections are not divided into volumes,but according to the titles on the end of each volume,it should be divided into nine volumes.The book is not divided by numbers or text(top,middle,bottom),but rather by title,author,and reader at the end of each volume.From the handwriting,it can be seen that one person copied the first two volumes of the novel,totaling eight volumes,while the other copied the remaining seven volumes,totaling sixteen volumes.During the circulation process,one volume of each copied part was mixed into the other’s copied book.During the circulation of the book,the order of volumes was disrupted,resulting in a chaotic and mixed content.However,in reality,the arrangement of the book is quite regular and systematic,that is,it is divided into volumes according to the principle of the same story theme.The Cang Shan Gao Wai Bian provides important literature for a comprehensive and systematic study of Xu Fang’s novel ideas,family background,Ming Dynasty imperial examination system,social customs,and literati thoughts.