《神明公案》殘本研究

The Studies on the Extant Fragments of Shen Ming Gong An

《神明公案》全稱《鼎雕國朝憲臺折獄蘇冤神明公案》，因闕葉的關係，致使其刊刻者與刊刻年分不詳。此書現存十二則案例，其中三則因無目有文、闕葉導致故事不全，另有半葉插圖四幅，為我們保留了重要的文本訊息。本文依據上海古籍出版社於1990年出版之《古本小說集成》收錄的《神明公案》為觀察，試圖從編纂策略、敘事特色兩大面向，深掘《神明公案》與明代萬曆年間湧現的公案小說之可能關係。透過上述的提問與論析，《神明公案》現存案例雖然無法讓我們掌握其真實全貌，但是透過卷一、二所保留的連貫性案例，我們得以從案例之間的關係，進一步分析《神明公案》的編纂策略以及敘事特色，填補過去明代公案小說研究中所缺席的位置。

Shen Ming Gong An is known as Ding Diao Guo Chao Xian Tai Zhe Yu Su Yuan Shen Ming Gong An in full, yet its author and the year of publication are both unknown due to the missing pages. In total, there are 12 legal cases preserved in this book; three of which are incomplete resulted from titleless and missing pages, and four illustrations covering one of the half pages preserve important textual information of the time. This paper investigates the potential relations between this book and other detective-style novels appeared during the Ming dynasty in terms of their compilation strategies and narrative features. The investigation is based on the study of Shen Ming Gong An which was included in Gu Ben Xiao Shuo Ji Cheng, a publication of Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House in 1990. Through the abovementioned questions and analyses, despite the fact that the existing legal cases in Shen Ming Gong An do not present the full picture, we can still further analyze the compilation strategies and narrative features of Shen Ming Gong An from the perspective of the relationships among those continuity legal cases preserved in volume 1 and 2. In doing so, it is able to fill the missing gap in the past studies of Ming dynasty detective-style novels.