关于《文选》编目次第的“失序”问题——《文选》编次作家“失序”与“彼此失照”现象研究之一

About the "Disordered" Catalogue of <Wen Xuan> (literary selections) -A Study of the "Disordered" and "Uncoordinated" Catalogue by the Cataloguer of (Wen Xuan) (1)

《文选》并非仓促成书。《文选》本身的确存在“失序”问题,然这是一种似失而非失的正常的现象,它较为普遍地存在于古今的书文中。因此,据此以考察《文选》是否仓促成书或是否出众人之手,均没有任何实质性的意义。况且,《文选》完成时,萧统仍说“居多暇日”。它只是表明:萧统在编撰是书的具体实践中,只是注意不让作家朝代倒置,而对同一时期的作家之序次则不像其在《序》中说的那么严格:实践与理论,存在着差距。

<Wen Xuan> is not a book compiled in haste, but there is indeed the problem of 'disorders' in it. It is a normal phenomenon, which seems to be wrong while actually not. Such phenomena can be seen in many ancient and modern writings and books. Hence, there is essentially no sense in investigating whether <Wen Xuan> is compiled in great haste, or, it is the work of many people because its catalogue id disordered. Moreover, Xiao Tong said, at the completion of <Wen Xuan>, that ' life is leisurely.' It only shows while he is engaged in the act of compiling the book, he only pays attention to make mistakes of the dynasties to which the writers belonged but not too strict in keeping the order.of writers of the same period as he stated in the <Preface>. There is, after all, a difference between practice and theory.