章太炎《尚書》著作考述

Abstract

清末民初之國學大師章太炎，在《尚書》方面的著作，生前原本撰有《太史公古文尚書說》、《古文尚書拾遺》兩部專書，以及多篇筆記和與友人論學之書札。其逝世後大約2 年，弟子諸祖耿據其師生前之講說及相關論著，編纂成《太炎先生尚書說》一書，但因種種緣故，遲遲未能出版。直至民國102 年2 月，始由北京中華書局為之印行，然距離章氏辭世，將近80 年。諸氏此書蒐羅章氏《尚書》學之材料，雖極為辛勤，但仍有所遺漏。因此，本文詳細考察章氏著作中與《尚書》學相關之論述及其撰成之時間，同時希望有心者能整編一部較為完整的章氏《尚書》學著作，以供研究者參考。

Zhang Taiyan, the eminent scholar of the Late Qing and Early Republican Period, wrote a number of works related to the Book of Documents. During his lifetime, he published two monographs: The Ancient Script Documents according to Sima Qian and Notes on the Ancient Script Documents. In addition to these academic accomplishments, he also composed several short pieces on the canonical text, and often referred to it in his scholarly correspondences. About two years after his death, his student Zhu Zugeng, drawing on Zhang’s lectures and other related writings, compiled the work, The Book of Documents according to Zhang Taiyan. However, this work was not published until almost eighty years later after Zhang’s death, by Zhonghua shuju in 2013. Zhu’s compilation of Zhang’s works is an admirable one, bringing together a large body of materials. But there are still some omissions that I would like to bring attention to. The aim of the present study is to identify and date among Zhang’s writings those discussions related to the Book of Documents. With this paper, it is hoped that the future scholars can compile a more comprehensive collection of Zhang’s writings on the Book of Documents.