陳翰《異聞集》的編選輯存與唐代小說的經典化

The Compilation of Yi Wen Ji and the Classicization of Tang Dynasty Fiction

本文針對中國第一部小說選集陳翰《異聞集》的編選和輯存，作一探討，嘗試抉發其所具有的唐代小說經典化意義。依據目前輯存情形釐清《異聞集》的篇目，得知所選多為精品，復多見於現代的唐代小說選本，形成兩次結集經典化之間的呼應。又全書分類、注釋、改易等編選特色，亦具唐代小說經典化的意涵。此外，宋代藉由類書輯存《異聞集》影響明人對唐代小說的編選，並擴及至說話、戲曲對唐代小說的演繹；而宋金元典籍引述《異聞集》，亦可見其書的流傳以及唐代小說被熟知化的現象，展現了唐代小說因《異聞集》而經典化的歷程。

This paper discusses the compilation of Yi Wen Ji, the first anthology of Chinese fiction, and attempts to explore its significance as concerns the classicization of Tang Dynasty fiction. According to the current scholarship on Yi Wen Ji, we know that the collection consisted of a number of excellent works. Moreover, most of them can be found in modern selections of Tang Dynasty fiction, thus allowing the two forms of classicization to echo each other. Furthermore, the ways of classification, annotation and revision of the whole book likewise reflect the processes of classicization of Tang Dynasty. In addition, the Song dynasty reference books which included Yi Wen Ji the adaptation of Tang Dynasty fiction in storytelling and traditional opera. References to Yi Wen Ji found in ancient books and records of Song, Jin and Yuan Dynasties also demonstrate the spread of Yi Wen Ji and the popularization of Tang Dynasty fiction, manifesting the interrelationship between the classicization of Tang Dynasty and Yi Wen Ji.