《金瓶梅》“我化”史实例评——天水籍官员狄斯彬本事考释

Example Remarks on Historic Facts of "Egocentric Phenomenon" Concerning the Literature Work "Jin Ping Mei"——textual research and justification on source material of Di Si-bin, an official of Tianshui native

《金瓶梅》在写政治人物时涉及到了一个天水籍官员狄斯彬,历史上真有其人。和史实比较,小说中的人物既有艺术真实,也有历史真实。但小说作者对史实改造过多,容易形成人们对这个历史人物的误解,需要辨明。同时,由塑造这个人物可以体察《金瓶梅》写官员时所用的史实"我化"手法。还可以由作者对狄斯彬的熟悉程度推测小说的创作时间和作者的身份。

Di Si-bin, an official of Tianshui native, is mentioned as a historic person among the political figures in the book 'Jing Ping Mei'. Compared with historic facts, the figure in the novel is true both to artistic vividness and historic reality. However, the author of this book made too much alteration to historic facts, therefore misunderstanding caused, which needs to be clarified. In the mean time, the portray of this figure enables readers to perceive the 'egocentric' device when officials are depicted. The time of this book's birth and author's identity can also be conferred based on how well the author is familiarized with Di Si-bin.