《玉台新咏》编纂时间再讨论

《玉台新咏》编成了萧纲作太子时,编纂目的是提倡艳体诗风以与故太子萧统抗衡,但由于宫廷政治斗争的原因,受到萧衍的批评后,故又命徐陵重新扩编,唐人所说“大其体”是有理由的。《玉台新咏》的编排体例是按已故作家和存世作家编辑成书,因此已故作家中卒年最晚者与存世作家中卒年最早者的时间间隔就应是本书的编辑时间。据此,通过对各卷作家生卒年的排比,最终证明《玉台新咏》只能编成了中大通四年至大同元年之间。

Another Discussion about the Compilation Time of New Odes from the Jade Terrace

Because the contents of each edition handed down are dissimilar, and the lists of authors vary widely, two difficult problems are posed in the research on New Odes from the Jade Terrace: the book's editorial style and the date of its compilation. This essay argues that these two problems are intertwined, that is to say, the editorial style can solve the problem of the compilation date. In order to reach an even better solution to these two problems, one should discuss them together with the question of the book's editorial goals. This essay, centring on the compilation date, through an investigation of editorial goals and style, argues that New Odes from the Jade Terrace was compiled between the fourth year of Zhong-Da-Tong and first year of Da-Tong