Chapter 27 Preface to the Second Edition of "Old News of Fiction" (1)

Preface to the Second Edition of "Old News of Fiction" (1) The author of "Old News of Fiction" is actually one of the historical materials collected when he lectured on "History of Chinese Fiction" at Peking University more than ten years ago.When I was exhausted and unable to buy books, I would leave the central library, popular library, library of the Ministry of Education, etc., waste sleep and food, search hard, and get it from time to time. Qu Ran was happy, so whatever I picked, although It's no different from a book, but it's hard to get it, so I cherish it.It has been printed, and at the request of my friends, I have taken old news about the so-called vulgar novels, which were disdained by the historians of the past, and put them into print in a little order. , or just enough to save the trouble of finding and checking.And the swindlers in the sea, then use their tongues as a proof of leisure, which is also a proof of wealth (2), but those who dance and talk wildly are already gone.However, the book is not very popular. So far, there has been no reprint in the past ten years. Gu also occasionally seeks for it but cannot get it. Because of the copying of the picture, the salary is slightly the same. Except for the three books "Guixin Miscellaneous Knowledge" [3], "Qulu" [4], and "Gambling and Chess Villa Collection" [5], there is no benefit.In the past ten years, there have been more and more people who study novels, with new knowledge and insights, and hidden candles, such as the system [6] and the original [7] of "San Yan", which make the history stagnate, and once it suddenly becomes clear; Book "published, the mystery of Luo Guanzhong was solved by those who had gathered lawsuits in the past, and it was also solved [8].However, this is not recorded.The reason for this is that the book is either a monograph and published in a periodical, or the original book has not been seen, and I am afraid of transcribing it. The details can be found in the works of Ma Lian and Zheng Zhenduo [9].

On the night of January 24, 1935, Lu Xun completed the proofreading. ※ ※ ※ 〔1〕 This article was originally printed in the "Novel Old News Notes" republished by Shanghai Lianhua Book Company in July 1935. 〔2〕Shanghai Huanzi, Sui Teng's tongue pointed out that Cheng Fang and others commented on Lu Xun's compilation and printing of "Novel Old News Notes".Cheng Fangwu said in "Completing Our Literary Revolution" published in the twenty-fifth issue of the third volume of "Flood" (January 1927): "Taste is the old man who is dying or the bourgeoisie who is wasting years. Their stuff," "and this taste-centered life tone implies a kind of self-sufficiency in a small world that deceives oneself, and what it holds back is leisure, leisure, and the third leisure." And said: "At this time, our Mr. Lu Xun is sitting under the canopy and is copying his 'Novel Old News'".Li Chuli also quoted Cheng Fangwu in "How to Build Revolutionary Literature" published in the second issue of "Cultural Criticism" (February 1928): "In modern capitalist society, leisure Class is the wealthy class."

〔3〕 "Guixin Miscellaneous Knowledge" collection of notes, a total of six volumes, written by Zhou Mi in the Southern Song Dynasty. When "Xiao Wen Chao" was republished, Gong Sheng and Song Jiang's thirty-six people praised and prefaced it in the "Water Margin" chapter. 〔4〕 "Qulu", a treatise on opera, four volumes, written by Wang Jide in the Ming Dynasty. When "Novel Old Wenchao" was republished, materials about "The Wild History of the Embroidery Couch", "The Biography of Leisure Love" and its author Lv Tiancheng were collected from this book, and an article "The Wild History of the Embroidery Couch, The Biography of Leisure Love" was added.

〔5〕 "The Collection of Gambling and Chess Villas" is "The Collected Works of Gambling and Chess Villas", seven volumes, written by Xie Zhang of the Qing Dynasty. When "Novel Old Wenchao" was republished, the epitaph of Wei Zi'an, the author of "Huayuehen", was collected from this book, and an article "Huayuehen" was added. 〔6〕The system of "San Yan" is "San Yan", which refers to the three books of , , and .The first two kinds have been lost in China for a long time.In 1926, Japanese sinologist On Shioya introduced in "Popular Short Stories of the Ming Dynasty" and "Three Words on Novels about Ming Dynasty" based on the rare books of Hanshu in the Japanese Cabinet Library and the "Shibozai Bibliography" of the Imperial Household Library. It clarifies the contents and editions of "Sanyan", and clarifies their system.In 1935 and 1936, Shanghai Life Bookstore included the editions of Ming Jianshantang in Japan's Pengzuo Bunko and Mingye Jingchi's editions in Cabinet Bunko for publication in World Library.In 1947, Hanfen Building in Shanghai typesetting and publishing the Tomorrow Xuzhai Journal collected by the Japanese Cabinet Library.

[7] The original, a Ming Dynasty novel, one hundred chapters.Regarding the author of the book, many people speculate that it is Wang Shizhen, a native of Jiangsu during the Jiajing period.In 1933, the Ming Dynasty Wanli version of "Jin Ping Mei Ci Hua" was discovered in China, and the author was called "Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng" in the Xinxinzi preface (Lanling is located in Zaozhuang, Shandong).Lu Xun pointed out in "Preface to the Japanese Translation of "A Brief History of Chinese Fiction": ""Jin Ping Mei Ci Hua" was discovered in Beiping, and it is the ancestor of the same book that is still in use today. Written, it definitely proves that this is definitely not the book written by Wang Shizhen from Jiangsu.”

〔8〕The volume of "Continued Recording Ghost Book", which was written as a continuation of Zhong Sicheng's "Recorded Ghost Book" in the Yuan Dynasty, contains the biography and catalog of works of Zaju authors in Yuan and Ming Dynasties.There is no author's title, and it is generally believed to be written by Jia Zhongming in the Ming Dynasty.Luo Guanzhong (approximately 1330-approximately 1400), a famous book, was born in Taiyuan (now Shanxi) in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties. He was a writer of long historical novels.There are different opinions about his native place and life.Since the discovery of Luo Shi's life story recorded in "Xulu Ghost Book", the relevant disputes have basically been resolved.

〔9〕Ma Lian (1893-1935), courtesy name Yuqing, was born in Yinxian County, Zhejiang Province. He once served as the general secretary of Beijing Kongde School, and taught at Beijing Normal University and Peking University.In October and November 1926, the first and second issues of Beijing's "Conde Monthly" contained his translation of On Shiotani's speech "Popular Short Stories of the Ming Dynasty" at Tokyo Imperial University in Japan; There is "New Annotation of Luguibu", including "Sequel to Luguibu", which was later published in the first to fifth issues of the tenth volume of "Journal of the National Peking Library" from January to October 1936.In July and August 1933, Zheng Zhenduo published the article "Pinghua Collection of the Second Dynasties of the Ming and Qing Dynasties" in the No. 7 and No. 8 of Volume 22 of "Novel Monthly", introducing the situation discovered in "Sanyan"; In July of the same year, under the pseudonym of Guo Yuanxin, he published the article "Talking about "Jin Ping Mei Ci Hua"" in the first issue of the first volume of the "Literature" monthly magazine. He believed that the newly discovered "Jin Ping Mei Ci Hua" was "the original face" and verified its author, period, etc.