「文心雕龍」事類篇箚記

Abstract

This paper attemptes to elucidate the three unidentified names Du 杜, Cui 崔, Zhang Zi 張子 in Wen-xin Diao-long 文心雕龍 Shi-lei Pian 事類篇. Until recently their identities have not been disclosed, because this set of names is nowhere to be found in the history of Chinese literature. In view of the history of Chinese calligraphy, we can identify these names. (1) We can often find the pair of Du 杜 and Cui 崔 in calligraphy criticism, where Du 杜 can be identified as Du Du 杜度, Cui 崔 can be identified as Cui Yuan 崔瑗. (2) According to the history of calligraphy, Du Du 杜度 and Cui Yuan 崔瑗 were succeed by Zhang Zhi 張芝. (3) There is the set of three names Du 杜, Cui 崔, Zhang Zi 張子 in Fei-cao-Shu 非草書 which was writen by Zhao Yi 趙壹 in the Late Han dynasty. We can identify these three names as Du Du 杜度, Cui Yuan 崔瑗 and Zhang Zhi 張芝. (4) It seems that what Cao Cao 曹操 says in Wen-xin Diao-long Shi-lei Pian agrees with what is argued in an article on Zhang Zhi 張芝. Judging from the above, it seems reasonable to suppose that Du 杜, Cui 崔 and Zhang Zi 張子 are identified as Du Du 杜度, Cui Yuan 崔瑗 and Zhang Zhi 張芝.