蔡上翔《王荆公年譜考略》詩文繋年正誤

Correction of Errors in the Chronology of Wang Anshi’s Poetry and Prose in Cai Shangxiang's A Brief Study of the Chronology of Wang Jinggong

Abstract

LANGUAGE NOTE | Document text in Chinese; abstract also in English.

《王荆公年譜考略》是歷來研究王安石的學者們不可不讀的經典之作。然《考略》的重點在於辨解和批駁，而忽略了李燾《續資治通鑒長編》的有關記載及相關史實，再加上對王安石詩文的文本分析及寫作背景探求不夠，故全書對相關詩文的繫年產生了不少疏誤。本文對其繫年疏誤者均按原著寫作順序依次揭出，並依據史料，逐一辨正。希望能借此進一步實現先生的學術初衷，提高《考略》的參考價值。本文涉及到的詩文共有四十六則。

A Brief Study of the Chronology of Wang Jinggong by Cai Shangxiang (Jinshi 1761) has long been regarded as seminal reading for scholars of Wang Anshi (1021-1086). However, this book primarily focuses on serving as an exculpation of Wang’s charges and refutation against Wang’s enemies. The author neglected relevant historical facts recorded in Li Tao’s (1115-1184) Xu Zizhi tongjian changbian and he did not do enough analysis and research into the works and their backgrounds. As a result, there are many errors in the dating of some of Wang’s poetry and prose. The present essay aims to correct these mistakes in the chronology of some of his compositions. These works are listed in the sequence found in primary sources and their dates of composition are reconstructed according to relevant historical records. The present study is a means to restore and achieve the original goal of Cai Shangxiang in order to enhance the book’s practical use in academic research. The total number of poems and prose pieces for examination is forty-six.