The retrospective and prospective views on the compilations of dynastic complete works of literature

Abstract

At the end of the Ming dynasty the initiative was taken in the edition that collected together for complete works the total output of literature by period. The practice remained up to the Qing dynasty when there came out Quantangshi and Quantangwen, etc., and commanded popular attention in academic circles. And since modern times Chinese scholars have poured out tremendous enthusiasm for the compilation of such types of works especially for the last twenty years. The works, to their knowledge, have achieved more than forty types, which were published one after another or whose compilations are well under way. The range almost includes works of all genres composed in different historical period. Such publications in vast number are by no means certain to exert a dominant influence on the twenty-first century study of Chinese literature and history, and scholars should place the overwhelming importance on some common problems that have come up from such compilations.

摘要

将一代文学作品总汇于一书的断代文学全集的纂辑, 肇始于明末, 至清代因 «全唐诗»、 «全唐文»等书的问世, 引起学界广泛重视。 近代以来, 特别是最近二十多年间, 中国学者对此类著作的编修倾注了极大的热情, 先后出版或编纂中的著作已知达四十种以上, 所涉几乎包括了各个历史时期的各体作品。 可以相信, 此类著作的大量出世, 必将对 21 世纪的中国文史研究产生极其巨大的影响, 此类著作编修中所涉及的一些共同问题也应引起学者的充分重视。