《尚书》讫于《秦誓》原委考辨

An Analysis on the Reason Why the Last Piece of Work of Shangshu was Qinshi

《尚书》讫于《秦誓》是经学史上的谜案之一。证据表明,将《秦誓》增附于《尚书》的,只能是秦博士伏生,其目的是为了防止汉王朝重蹈秦之覆辙。根据对《秦誓》的研究,《尚书》成书史除了包括搜集、整理、删削、校订、辨伪外,还应有一个增附阶段。

It was one of puzzles in the study of Confucian classic history that why the last piece of work of Shangshu was Qinshi. It is proved that it must be Fu Sheng, a Boshi in Qin dynasty, which added it at the end of Shangshu to prevent Han dynasty from following the same old disastrous road of Qin dynasty. According to the study on Qinshi, it is showed that besides collection, arrangement, removement, check, there should exist a stage of amendment in the process of formation of Shangshu.