关于百回本《西游记》作者研究回顾及我见（下）

关于《西游记》作者的世纪之争,堪称中国小说史上的一大绝妙“奇观”,对于推动《西游记》研究起了巨大的作用。通过对近百年来关于百回本《西游记》作者研究的回顾,清理了这段历史公案的关键环节:天启《淮安府志》的记载、《千顷堂书目》的著录、淮安方言、华阳洞天主人等与作者的关联,力主解决这段公案须从《西游记》成书史、作品本身、作者所处时代及文学发展史的传承关系等多角度系统地进行深层次研究,才能最终破解这一难题。结合近十余年来研读《西游记》的经历及教学实际,在诸多史料、考古资料的搜集整理基础上,认为学界前辈得出百回本《西游记》作者———江苏淮安吴承恩,是站得住脚的,并不因日本、中国几位名教授的怀疑责难而动摇。

Opinions of Studies on the Author of the 100-chapter A Journey to the West (Ⅱ)

The author of A Journey to the West has remained a controversy for more than a century,a miracle indeed in the history of Chinese novels. Studies in this respect have contributed a lot to academic research into the novel.This paper makes a review of the studies on the author of the 100-chapter A Journey to the West and clarifies the key factors in the controversy.It holds that Huai'an Chronicle,related statements in Qianqingtang Books, Huai'an dialect and owner of Huayang Cave are all factors related to the studies of the author.Only by investigating into the interrelationship between the writing process,statements in the novel itself,the time that the author lives in and the history of literary development can we settle this dispute.Based on 10-odd years of closing reading and research into pertinent documents,the author holds that the conclusion of Wu Cheng'en being the novelist is solid and reasonable,and that it will not become flabby simply because of the doubts of a few Japanese and Chinese scholars.