<論説>世本探源 : 『世本』受容史研究序説

Abstract

『世本』輯本は先秦史研究の欠かせない系譜史料とされている。しかし、これまでの『世本』研究は輯本を『世本』原本の断片とみなして進め、輯本の文献的性格・輯佚以前の引用形態を十分に意識した上での包括的研究を志向しなかった。本稿は輯本の引用元の文献に立ち戻り、佚文のありかたを検討の対象とし、『世本』研究に新たな方向を示した。そして、学術史の立場から『世本』が文献に現れる時代背景を検討した上で、『世本』引文を逐条蒐集し、その引用のありかた、延いては学術史の立場から『世本』に対する認識、受容のありかたに時代的な特徴の有無を検証した。その受容実態と学問の発展状況とを合わせて、『世本』の解釈・訓詁材料としての特徴を明らかにした。また、応劭が『世本』を『漢書』の注釈に用いたことが『世本』の受容に大きな影響を及ぼし、後世の「漢書学」の発展に関連することを指摘した。

The original version of the Shiben 世本 has been lost. The text we see today was compiled in the Qing Dynasty. Nevertheless, it is regarded as an essential historical source for the study of pre-Qin history. The content of the current text is still regarded as representing part of the original book. Comprehensive research on the form of the passages prior to the editing process during the Qing Dynasty and the character of the present text have not been conducted. In this article, I have returned to the ancient written sources that quote passages from the Shiben, examined the composition of the original sentences, and thereby showed the possibility of a new direction in the study of the Shiben. The historical background of the Shiben as it appears in the literature was examined from the standpoint of academic history. The records of the Shiben were collected from the viewpoint of the history of science, and the existence of the characteristics in the way of recognition and reception of the book within the field of academic history was confirmed. I have clarified the characteristics of the Shiben as an interpretation and interpretative source. In addition, I point out that Ying Shao's use of the Shiben in his annotations of the Hanshu exerted a great influence on the reception of the Shiben, and the reception of the Shiben is closely related to the development of the hermeneutics of the Hanshu.