方師鐸先生《唐詩的格律》 評介兼論三字尾問題

A Study of Fang Shih-tuo's metrical Patterns of Tang Poems And the Issue of Three-word Ending

欣逢東海大學創校暨中文系創系五十週年雙慶，緬懷先師方師鐸先生一 生作育英才，致力學術研究，哲人其萎，典範猶存。本文選擇其晚年在中文 研究所講授「唐詩格律」時撰寫的《唐詩的格律》一書加以評介，一則不希 望此未刊稿從此湮沒無聞，二則希望透過此書介紹先師一貫講求證據、刨根 究柢、深入淺出、樸實無華的治學精神，以及本書的內容、特點，在唐詩格 律研究上的啟發和貢獻。兼論三字尾部分，則從音步節奏和三字尾的歷史形 成兩方面，補充發揚先師所論稍有不足之處。

The fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Tunghai University and the Department of Chinese is an occasion to cherish the memory of the late Professor Fang Shih-tuo for his dedication to research and education and the lasting exemplar he sets. The paper is a review of his unpublished work entitled Metrical Patterns of Tang Poems based on his lecture notes. My dual purpose is first to prevent the unpublished manuscript from falling into oblivion and second to introduce through the book his unassuming scholarship, his inquisitive mind, his approachable dimension, and his insistence on empirical evidence as well as, as revealed in the feature of the book, his insight and contribution to the studies on the metrical patterns of Tang poems. The paper will also touch on the grouping of the last three characters of a line and fill a gap in my late mentor's work on the basis of the rhythmic patterns and the formation of the scheme of the last three characters.