从语言文字方面看《列子》真伪问题--对《列子》是魏晋人伪作观点的质疑

关于《列子》其书的真伪问题一向是学者们争论不休的问题。从语言方面讨论《列子》真伪问题也不例外。杨伯峻先生《从汉语史的角度来鉴定中国古籍写作年代的一个实例———〈列子〉著述年代考》中 ,列举“数十年来”、“舞”、“都”、“所以”、“不如”五个语词 ,断定《列子》是魏晋人的伪作。但本人认为杨先生的论证有误 ,尚不能证明《列子》是魏晋时期的伪书。笔者认为《列子》基本上是一部先秦著作。

The Issue of Authenticity from the View point of Linguistics: A Discussion with Yang bojun

The authenticity of lieze has always been debating issue. The linguistic approach is not an exception, just like what Yang bojun has done in his An Case Study of the Etermination of the Chinese Ancient Books from the Perspective of the History of Chinese Language: a Textual Examination of the Time in Writing Liezi, the Classic". Yang, having listed altogether five characters, say, the recent decade, wu, dou, suoyi and buru, safely arrived at a conclusion that it was written by some hands during Wei and Jin periods. The author of the present article, however, believes Prof. Yang was wrong. And furthermore, the author points out that the book can be regarded as one written in the Pre-Chin period.