《艺文类聚》编撰人员考辨

传统观点认为,《艺文类聚》是"欧阳询撰"或"欧阳询等撰",这种看法源自《艺文类聚》的书前署名和《旧唐书·经籍志》的著录。而这样的记载只是为了表述上的方便,往往突出了欧阳询,却遮蔽了其他起过重要作用的编撰人员。在短时间内编成一部体例较为完善的大型类书,一定是多人分工主导编撰而成。史书上记载的六位编撰人员均具有良好的资质,且其中四位留下了主导编撰的痕迹。欧阳询、陈叔达、裴矩和袁朗是《艺文类聚》实际上的领修人。

On the editors of Yi Wen Lei Ju

In the traditional view, Yi Wen Lei Ju is compiled by Mr. Ou Yangxun or Mr. Ou Yangxun and others. This point of view comes from the signatures of Yi Wen Lei Ju and the bibliography of Jiu Tang Shu ·Jing Ji Zhi. These historical records had been written in this way only for the convenience of expression, thus it always highlights Mr. Ou but ignores the other important editors. To compile a large scale reference book with complete stylistic rules and layout in such a short time, the work must have been divided among several editors. According to the historical records, all the 6 editors had the good qualification and among them 4 editors have left a trace in the compiling work as the leaders, which demonstrates that these 4 editors, Mr. Ou Yangxun, Mr. Chen Shuda, Mr. Pei Ju and Mr. Yuan Lang are the actual leading editors of Yi Wen Lei Ju.