讀者的力量———清代古詩總集的閲讀、編纂、出版歷程初探

The Power of Readers: Reading, Compiling, and Publishing Ancient Poetry Anthologies in the Qing Dynasty

Abstract

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

古詩總集，或先唐詩歌總集，往往是時人了解唐代以前詩歌傳統的重要媒介。明清以來，先唐古詩總集的編纂與出版蔚爲風氣，諸多新刊古詩選本的出版爲各類讀者帶來了多樣的閲讀體驗，讀者通過與編者、出版者身分的不斷轉换，從而參與到新出總集的編纂與出版過程中。近年來，學界對明代這類總集的考察較多，而對清代的材料關注不多。本文聚焦於清代古詩類總集文獻，以讀者的功用與角色爲討論重點與線索，結合現存總集材料，進行宏觀上的定量分析與微觀上的個案觀察。本文首先對現存文獻進行定量分析與初步梳理概述，隨後按照讀者、編者、出版者之間的角色轉换，討論清代這類書籍的“傳播迴路”，探索不同讀者通過種種方式成爲編者或出版者的過程，進而對清代這類總集的閲讀、編纂、出版歷程進行初步勾勒與呈現。

Ancient poetry anthologies, or pre-Tang poetry anthologies, remain an important medium for people to access, read, and understand the pre-Tang poetic tradition. Throughout the Ming and Qing dynasties, the compilation and publication of pre-Tang dynasty poetry anthologies gradually became a trend. The emergence of a range of new anthologies in Ming-Qing period brought diverse reading experiences to all kinds of readers, who were involved in the compilation and publication of new anthologies through switching roles to compilers or publishers. In recent times, scholars have paid more attention to the publication of such books in the Ming dynasty, but not much attention has been given to the materials produced during the Qing dynasty. This paper examines the newly produced ancient poetry anthologies in the Qing dynasty by focusing on the roles of readers. By delving into the materials of existing anthologies, this paper conducts a quantitative and macroscopic analysis while paying attention to case studies. This paper first analyzes the existing materials by conducting quantitative analysis and continues to discuss the “communication circuits” of these books in the Qing dynasty according to role switching processes among readers, editors, and publishers. By doing so, this paper outlines how different readers became editors or publishers in various ways to explore and present a preliminary macroscopic and microscopic investigation of the detailed process of reading, compiling, and publishing ancient poetry anthologies in the Qing dynasty.