袁枚《隨園詩話》編刻與版本考

Bibliographical Research on Yuan Mei’s Suiyuan Shihua

《隨園詩話》是中國古代同類型著作中最受歡迎的長銷書，然而，學界從不曾仔細梳理現存至少六十幾種清代版本間的複雜變化。筆者在比對其中四十多種《隨園詩話》之內容與版式的異同後，嘗試追索袁枚（1716-1798）編纂及刊刻此書的過程，並在篩檢出幾種盜印本後，釐清不同版本間的先後次序與內在聯繫。文中亦初步探討了袁枚如何藉由掌握詩壇之發表平台以及臧否人物之發言權，而成功建構出一套名利兼收的經營模式。

”Suiyuan Shihua” by Yuan Mei (1716-1798) is among the most popular and widely circulated poetry collections in late imperial China. There are over 60 different Qing dynasty editions, but the complex variations between them have not yet been fully investigated. This study compares the content and format of approximately 40 editions of ”Suiyuan Shihua” in the attempt to understand the process of its editing and publishing. It resulted in the discovery of several pirated editions and further understanding of the chronological order of various editions as well as their connection to each other. This paper also discusses how Yuan Mei established a successful ”business model” by using his social status as a cultural celebrity who had control of the poetry community's publishing platform.