“《世说》学”论纲

本文在前人基础上提出“《世说》学”这一概念 ,并从称名、分类、形态及其系统、历史分期和未来发展诸方面加以分析和论证。认为《世说》学的研究包括文献、文体、美学、接受、语言及文化等六个分支 ,其研究形态又历史地形成了版本、校注、评点、续仿等四个独立发展的系统。文章以接受取向的变化为中心将《世说》学史分成“史学期”、“说部期”、“小学期”、“综合期”四个不同的发展阶段 ,并对未来《世说》学的发展提出了初步的设想。

On Shih-Shuo Studies

Based upon the studies of the predecessors, this article puts forward a new conception, the Shih-Shuo Studies, of which it analyzes and discusses the name, classification, pattern, system, historical period-division and future development. It is considered that the research of the Shih-Shuo Studies should include the following six branches: document, literary style, aesthetics, acceptance, language and culture. And the research forms of it are historically divided into the four separately developing systems, namely, edition, check and annotation, comment and punctuation, and imitating writings. This article focuses upon the variation of its acceptance and thus divides Shih-Shuo Studies into four different developing stages: the historiography period, the novel period, the phonology and philology period, and the synthetic period. The author also puts forward a tentative idea about the future development of the Shih-Shuo Studies.