石渠閣補刻本『忠義水滸傳』の補刻の樣相について

Abstract

The Stone Canal Pavilion Printing House 石渠閣 (Shiquge) repaired edition of Zhongyi Shuihu Zhuan 忠義水滸傳 (The Water Margin) was first introduced by the People's Literature Publishing House 人民文學出版社 in 1954 with a preface by Tiandu Waichen 天都外臣 (a pseudonym of Wang Daokun 汪道昆) under the title “Shuihu Quanzhuan 水滸全傳”. This edition is of great significance in Shuihu Zhuan scholarship, as it fully preserves the contents of the earliest known version dating from the Ming dynasty, complete with Tiandu Waichen's preface as referenced in Shen Defu's 沈德符 Wanli Yehuo Bian 萬曆野獲編. However, there are also many issues with this edition, such as having been repaired many times during the Qing dynasty that followed and the current lack of verification as to the authenticity of Tiandu Waichen's preface. The whole picture surrounding this edition remains unclear to this day as the edition has yet to be verified by any entity outside of the National Library of China 中國國家圖書館, and a facsimile edition has never been released. However, a new, previously an unknown copy was released at the Tôkyô Classical Association 東京古典會 auction in November 2017 and bought by Professor Hirata Shôji 平田昌司 of Kyôto University. This paper will compare this copy from Professor Hirata's library against the copy from National Library of China and investigate whether they are the same edition or not, and if so, determine which printing is the earlier one. With the new knowledge gained from this examination of the manuscript, we address issues regarding the printing of Shuihu Zhuan.