《四庫全書初次進呈存目》初探－－編篡時間與文獻價值

A Study of the Preliminary Catalogue of the Si Ku Quan Shu for Imperial Presentation:Its Date of Composition and Textual Value

《四庫全書初次進呈存自》現藏於臺北國家圖書館，是一部沈埋二百餘年罕為人知的書稿。此書雖非完壁，卻四部俱全，數量龐大，仍殘存近四千頁之多，共計1790條提要。加以是《四庫全書》開館編修以來，為進呈乾隆皇帝御覽核示，各書提要的首次合編成冊，雖無《總目》之名，卻有《總目》之實，可以說是《四庫全書總目》的原始面目。由於編纂時代較早，修訂較少，內容也最接近提要分纂稿的原貌，為探討《四庫全書總目》編纂過程，增添了較可靠的資料。本文之作，重點在討論《四庫全書初次進呈存目》的編纂時代，以確定這部書稿在研究《四庫全書總目》編纂上的定位，同時也討論其文獻價值。

The ”Preliminary Catalogue of the Si Ku Quan Shu for imperial Presentation” 四庫全書初次進呈存目, currently conserved in the National Central Library, Taiwan, is a little known text that has lain unnoticed for centuries . Although the text is incomplete, all four categories are present , with abstracts for 1,790 books spanning nearly 4,000 pages. Since it was produced shortly after the office of the ”Si ku quan shu” had been established, in order to prepare material for presentation to the emperor, an abstract for each of the books in the collection was included; it is, in effect, a General Catalogue (總目), although it does not carry that title. It can be said to be the ”General Catalogue of the Si Ku Quan Shu” 四庫全書總目 in its original form. Since it dates from an earlier period and has undergone less editing, it is a reliable source for understanding the original form of that document. This paper discusses the date of compilation for the ”Preliminary Catalogue of the Si Ku Quan Shu for Imperial Presentation” to determine the position it should occupy in research into the compilation process of the ”Si ku quan shu”, and also its literary value.